
Book f) ht 



MAINE INLAND 



FISH AND GAME LAWS 



1911 REVISION 



INLAND 

FISH AND GAME 

LAWS 

State of fIDaine 



911 EDITION 



(Subject to change by Rules and Regulations of 
Commissioners. Copies of all such Rules and Regu- 
lations are posted on the banks of waters (or on 
lands) affected tnereby. 

This book contains all Rules and Regulations adopted 
up to the time of going to press, June 21, 191 1.) 

Compiled by Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and 
Game. 



AUGUSTA 

KENNEBEC JOURNAL PRINT 
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FISH LAWS 



EXPLANATIONS. 

Unless otherwise specified, the sections referred to in 
this book mean sections of chapter 32 of the Revised 
Statutes. 

R. & R. of Corns, means Rules and Regulations by 
the Commissioners, which have the force of law, hav- 
ing been adopted after notice and hearing in accord- 
ance with law. 

P. & S. L. means Private and Special Laws. 

P. L. means Public Laws. . « ■ - 



WHEN YOU CAN FISH AND WHEN YOU 
CANNOT FISH. 

THE GENERAL LAW PROVIDING FOR AN 
"OPEN" AND "CLOSE" SEASON ON LAND- 
LOCKED SALMON, TROUT, TOGUE, AND 
WHITE PERCH. 

Section 21. The words "close season" and "close 
time" mean the time or period during which it is un- 
lawful to hunt, shoot, wound, trap or destroy any bird 
or animal, or fish for or catch any fish, and the words 
"open season" mean the time during which it shall be 
lawful to take these animals, fish and birds as specified 
and limited by law. 



THE LAWS RELATING TO FISH AND FISHING 
ARE AS FOLLOWS : 

Section I, as amended by ch. 132 of P. L., 1905, and 
ch. 263, P. & S. L., 1905, and ch. 23, P. L., 1909- 

There shall be an annual close time for landlocked 
salmon, trout, togue and white perch, as follows : for 
landlocked salmon, trout and togue, from the first day 
of October until the ice is out of the pond, lake, or 
river fished in, the following spring of each year ex- 
cept on the Saint Croix River and its tributaries and on 
all the waters of Kennebec county, in which the close 
time shall be from the fifteenth day of September, (see 
Great pond and Long pond of the Belgrade Chain, un- 
der "Kennebec county" Special Laws) until the ice 
is out of the ponds and lakes the following spring, and 
except Sebago lake and Long pond, in Cumberland 
county, on which the close time shall be from October 
first to April first ; (the close time in all streams in 
Franklin county* shall be from Oct. 1 of each year 
until the ice is out of the stream fished in the follow- 
ing spring. Sec. 8, ch. 90, P. L., 1909) but for white 
perch the close time shall be from the first day of 
April to the first day of July; no person shall take, 
catch, kill or fish for, in any manner, any landlocked 
salmon, trout, togue or white perch in any of the wa- 
ters of this State, or have the same in possession, in 
close time. 

*Ice fishing permitted, however, on certain days in 
the town of Chesterville, Franklin county, as will be 
noted by the following law: 

"So much of chapter 32 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended by sec. 8 of ch. 90 of the Public Laws of 
1909, as prohibits fishing through the ice, in accord- 
ance with the general law of the- State, on Friday and 
on Saturday of each week, in all the lakes and ponds 
situated wholly in the town of Chesterville, in the coun- 
ty of Franklin, is hereby repealed." Ch. 59, P. L. 191 1. 



ICE FISHING UNDER THE GENERAL LAW. 

Sec. I, ch. 32, R. S., as am. by ch. 185, P. L. 191 1. 
NOTE full text of this amendment on pages 8-9. 

"And provided that during February, 

March and April, citizens of the State may fish for 
and take landlocked salmon, trout, and togue, with not 
more than five set lines for each family, when fishing 
through the ice in the day time, and when under the 
immediate personal superintendence of the person fish- 
ing, and may convey them to their own homes for con- 
sumption therein but not otherwise; but no citizen of 
the State during this time shall be permitted to catch 
more than fifteen pounds, or one fish, of landlocked 
salmon, trout, or togue, in any one day. Nothing here- 
in shall be construed as repealing any private or special 
act closing any lake or pond to ice fishing, or otherwise 
restricting fishing. 

Penalty. — Whoever violates any provision of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
ten nor more than thirty dollars for each offense, and 
one dollar additional for every fish caught, taken or 
killed in violation of any provision of this section." 



LENGTH OF FISH WHICH MAY BE CAUGHT. 

Landlocked salmon, 12 inches ; black bass, 10 inches ' r 
white perch, 6 inches. Penalty not less than $10 nor 
more than $30 for each offense and $1.00 for each fish. 

Trout, 5 inches ; penalty $5, and 50 cents for each 
short fish. Public Laws, 1907, ch. 181, and sec. 48, 
ch. 32. 



SALE AND PURCHASE OF CERTAIN FISH 

PROHIBITED. 

Chapter 154, P. L. 191 1, Amendatory to ch. 181, 

P. L. 1907. 

Section 1. No trout, landlocked salmon, togue, white 
perch or black bass shall be sold at any time by any 
person. No trout, landlocked salmon, togue, white 
perch or black bass shall be bought at any time by any 
person. Provided, however, that the provisions of this 
section shall not apply to trout, landlocked salmon, 
togue, white perch or black bass raised in private fish 
ponds operated under permission of the commission- 
ers of inland fisheries and game. 

Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this 
act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten 
dollars nor more than thirty dollars and costs for each 
offense, and an additional penalty of one dollar for 
every fish sold, bought or had in possession in viola- 
tion of any provision of this act. 



TRANSPORTATION OF FISH. 

(Sec. 1, ch. 181, P. L-, 1907, and ch. 32, sec. 28, R. S., 
ch. 90, P. L. 1909, and ch. 99, P. L. 191 1.) 

No trout, togue, landlocked salmon, white perch or 
black bass shall be transported in any way except in 
the possession of the owner, accompanied by him, plain- 
ly labeled with the owner's name and address, and 
open to view; except any resident of this state who 
has lawfully in his possession one trout, one togue, 
one landlocked salmon or one white perch, or one 
black bass, or ten pounds of either kind of these fish, 
* * * may send the same anywhere in this state 
without accompanying the same, by purchasing of the 
duly constituted agent therefor a tag, paying for a 
trout, togue, landlocked salmon or black bass, one dol- 



lar for each, ot one dollar for each ten pounds of the 
same, and fifty cents for one white perch or ten pounds 
of the same. * * * 

Any person not a bona fide resident of this state and 
actually domiciled therein who has lawfully in his pos- 
session one trout, one togue, one landlocked salmon, 
or one white perch, or one black bass, or ten pounds 
of either kind of these fish, * * * may transport 
the same to his home or to any hospital in this 
State without accompanying the shipment, by pur- 
chasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a tag, 
paying for a trout, togue, landlocked salmon or black 
bass, one dollar for each, or one dollar for each ten 
pounds of the same, and fifty cents for one white perch 
or ten pounds of the same. * * * 

Provided, however, that no person shall, under any 
of these provisions, send more than one box of fish 
* * * once in thirty days. 

Penalty: Not less than $10 nor more than $30, 
and $1 additional for each fish. 

THE LAW RELATING TO WHITE PERCH 
TAKEN IN THE INLAND WATERo OF WASH- 
INGTON COUNTY. 

Sec. 1, ch. 117; P. L. 1909. as am. by ch. v< ; P. L. 
1911. (See also ch. 185, P. L. 1911.) 

It shall be unlawful for any one person in any one 
day to take, catch or kill, or have in possession more 
than twenty pounds* of white perch; it shall also be 
unlawful for any transportation company to accept 
for transportation cr to transport more than twenty 
pounds of white perch in one day as the property of 
any one person. This section shall not apply to white 
perch in tide waters, nor to white perch in inland wa- 
ters of the county of Washington. Said white perch, 
so taken from said waters, may be shipped and sold 



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within and without the state, under regulations of the 
commissioners of inland fish and game. 

*NoT3 — While the above law is apparently inconsist- 
ent with the provisions of chapter 185 of the P. L. of 
191 1, the new law making the limit on certain fish 
which may be taken in one day, by one person, 15 
pounds, the commissioners wish to explain the sit- 
uation : 

Chapter 36, above quoted, was enacted quite early 
in the session, while chapter 185 was not finally passed 
until the day before the Legislature adjourned. It 
was the intention to have chapter 36 amended to con- 
form to the provisions of chapter 185, so far as the 
limit was concerned, but in the rush incident to the 
closing hours of the Legislature the amendment was 
not made, and the laws, as passed, appear to be con- 
tradictory to each other. 

The Commissioners are of the opinion that chapter 
185 does not repeal chapter 36 only so far as the pro- 
visions of chapter 36 are inconsistent with the pro- 
visions of chapter 185. THEREFORE the Commis- 
sioners have ruled that 15 pounds shall be the limit 
on white perch under the provisions of chapter 36 in- 
stead of 20 pounds as stated therein. (Note full text 
of ch. 185, P. L. 191 1, below.) 

THE LAW REGULATING THE NUMBER, ALSO 
THE NUMBER OP POUNDS, OF LAND- 
LOCKED SALMON, TROUT, TOGUE AND 
WHITE PERCH WHICH CAN BE TAKEN OR 
HAD IN POSSESSION, OR TRANSPORTED, 
IN ANY ONE DAY BY ONE PERSON. 
Chapter 185, P. L. 191 1, which amends sec. 3 of ch. 

32, R. S., and ch. 117, P. L. 1909. 

"Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to 

take, catch, kill or have in possession in any one day 

more than fifteen pounds of landlocked salmon, trout, 



togue or white perch (unless an individual fish so taken 
exceeds fifteen pounds in weight) or more than forty 
fish in all. 

Section 2. No person shall transport more tHan fif- 
teen pounds of landlocked salmon, trout, togue or 
white perch in all at any one time, nor shall any cor- 
poration transport more than fifteen pounds in all, of 
trout, togue, landlocked salmon, or white perch at one 
time as the property of any. one person, but nothing 
herein contained shall prevent any person or corpora- 
tion from transporting one fish weighing more than 
fifteen pounds; nor shall any such be transported ex- 
cept in the possession of the owner thereof, plainly 
labeled thereon with the owner's name and residence, 
except as is provided in section twenty-eight of chap- 
ter thirty-two of the revised statutes, as amended. 

Section 3. Whoever violates any of the provisions 
of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
ten dollars nor more than thirty dollars for each of- 
fense and one dollar for every pound of fish so taken 
or being transported in excess of fifteen pounds, and 
one dollar for every fish so taken, caught, killed or had 
in possession in excess of forty in all of said fish, and 
all such fish being so transported or taken in viola- 
tion of this act may be seized and shall be forfeited 
to the state. Whoever has in his possession more than 
fifteen pounds or more than forty in all, of said fish, 
shall be deemed to have taken them in violation of 
this act; provided, however, that nothing herein con- 
tained shall prohibit any person having less than forty 
fish weighing in all less than fifteen pounds from tak- 
ing, catching, killing or having in possession in any 
one day or transporting, one additional fish, nor pro- 
hibit any transportation company from transporting 
said additional fish under the conditions prescribed in 
section two of this act for the transportation of fish 
provided for in said section." 



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PROHIBITED DEVICES IN FISHING. 

Sect. 2. "Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or 
destroys any fish, with fish spawn or grapnel, spear, 
trawl, weir, seine, trap, or set lines, except when fishing 
through the ice, and then with not more than five set 
lines in the day time, or with any device, or in any 
other way than by the ordinary mode of angling with 
single baited hooks and lines, artificial flies, artificial 
minnows, artificial insects, spoon hooks and spinners, 
so-called, shall be fined not less than ten nor more than 
thirty dollars for each offense; and when prohibited 
implements or devices are found in use or possession, 
they are forfeit and contraband, and any person finding 
them in use, may destroy them." 



NOTE THE FOLLOWING LAW, AMENDATORY 
TO ABOVE, WHICH TAKES EFFECT OCT. i, 
1912. 

CHAPTER 153, P. L. 1911, AN ACT TO PROHIBIT 
THE USE OF GANG HOOKS, SO-CALLED, 
WHEN FISHING IN THE INLAND WATERS 
OF THIS STATE. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
use while fishing at any time for any kind of fish, in 
any of the inland waters of this state, any device known 
as a gang hook or any lure or bait for fish containing 
more than one hook, except it shall be lawful to use 
a top hook, so-called, or a gill hook, so-called, and also 
artificial flies when used in the ordinary way of cast- 
ing with flies or fly fishing, so-called. Provided, fur- 
ther, that this act shall not take effect until October 
first, 1912. 

Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 



shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten dollars 
nor more than thirty dollars and costs for each of- 
fense. 

Section 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with 
this act are hereby repealed. 

NUMBER OF LINES WHICH MAY BE USED. 

Section 2, chapter 181, Public Laws, 1907. No person 
shall in any manner, except when fishing through the 
ice as now provided by law, fish, with more than two 
lines at any time, and when still fishing or plug fishing, 
shall not fish with or use in fishing at one time more 
than two lines. Penalty, $30 and costs for each of- 
fense. 

POSSESSION OF JACK LIGHTS, SPEARS, 

TRAWLS, NETS— ILLEGAL WHEN. 
Sec. 5. "The having in possession of any jack light, 
* spear, trawl, or net, other than a dip net, in any camp, 
lodge, or place of resort for hunters or fishermen, in 
the inland territory of the state, shall be prima facie 
evidence that the same is kept for unlawful use ; and 
they may be seized by any officer authorized to enforce 
the inland fish and game laws. Whoever is convicted 
of having any of the above named implements in his 
possession unlawfully as aforesaid, shall be fined fifty 
dollars and costs of prosecution." 

DYNAMITE AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES PRO- 
HIBITED. 
Sec. 4. "No person shall use dynamite or other 
explosives or any poisonous or stupefying substance 
whatever, for the purpose of destroying or taking fish, 
under a penalty of one hundred dollars and, in addition 
thereto, two months' imprisonment in the county jail 
for each offense." 



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PROTECTION OF SCREENS. 
Sec. 40. "Whoever shall take up, destroy or injure 
any screen erected at the outlet of any lake or pond by 
authority of the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty 
dollars." 

SUNDAY IS A CLOSE TIME FOR HUNTING. 

Sec. 21. "Sunday is a close time, on which, it is not 
lawful to hunt, kill, or destroy game or birds of any 
kind, under the penalties imposed therefor during other 
close time, but the penalties already imposed for the 
violation of the Sunday laws by the statutes of this 
state are not hereby repealed or diminished." 

MAY TAKE MINNOWS AND OTHER BAIT 
FISH FOR ONE'S OWN USE. 

Sec. 2. "It shall be lawful to take minnows and other 
bait fish, commonly used for live bait, for one's own 
use in fishing, in any of the closed streams in this state, 
and to take smelts for consumption in the family of 
the person taking them." 

EELS, SUCKERS, WHITE FISH AND CUSK 
Sec. 6. "In closed waters where eels, suckers, cusk 
and white fish abound, the commissioners may grant 
permits to take the same and dispose of them for food 
purposes; and where an exclusive right is granted to 
take eels in any river or stream or part thereof, they 
may grant such permit upon such terms as they deem 
reasonable, and such permits shall expire with the 
calendar year; and it shall be lawful to take suckers 
with spears, or hook and line in any closed tributaries 
from the time the ice goes out in the spring until June 
first." See also sec. 40, re. eels and white fish, p. 92. 



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INTRODUCTION OF CERTAIN BIRDS, FISH 
AND ANIMALS PROHIBITED. 
Sec. 5. "Whoever introduces fish of any kind into 
any of the waters of the state by means of live fish or 
otherwise or whoever introduces wild birds or wild 
animals of any kind or species, into the state except 
upon written permission of the commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game, shall forfeit not less than fifty dol- 
lars nor more than five hundred dollars." 



PRIVATE AND SPECIAL LAWS AND RULES 
AND REGULATIONS OF COMMISSIONERS 
ON CERTAIN WATERS— CLOSING THEM TO 
ICE FISHING, FISHING IN THEIR TRIBU- 
TARIES, NUMBER AND LENGTH OF FISH 
WHICH MAY BE TAKEN, ETC. 

THE PENALTY for violating any of the Private 
and Special Laws, or Rules and Regulations of the 
Commissioners, is the same as for violating the gerv 
eral law in regard to fishing. Sec. 4, ch. 407, P. & S. 
L., 1903, and sec. 37, ch. 32, R. S. 



ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY. 

COUNTY ICE FISHING LAW. 

It is unlawful to fish through the ice in Brettun's 
pond or in Round pond, or in Long pond, in Livermore, 
or in Androscoggin pond, in Leeds (also partly in 
Wayne, Kennebec Co.), or' in Allen pond, in Greene, 
or in Upper, Lower, or Middle Range ponds or in 
Tripp pond, in the town of Poland, EXCEPT on 
Wednesday and Saturday of each week it is lawful 
to fish through the ice in the above named waters for 
pickerel and togue only. 

It is unlawful to fish through the ice at any time' 
for any kind of fish in Lake Auburn or in Pleasant 
pond, in Turner, or in Taylor pond, in Auburn. 

It is also unlawful to have in possession any kind 
of fish taken in violation of this act. 

ALL WATERS IN DURHAM closed to all fishing 
from Oct. 1 until ice is out the following spring. 



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It is lawful to fish through the ice in all other lakes 
and ponds situated wholly in this county in accordance 
with the general law of the state. 

Ch. 42 and ch. 292, P. & S. L. 191 1. 

SPECIAL LAW ON WATERS IN DURHAM. 

It is unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at any time 
in ANY POND, BROOK OR RIVER IN THE 
TOWN OF DURHAM, except on Thursday, Friday 
and Saturday of each week from the time the ice is 
out of the pond, brook or river fished in the spring of 
each year until October first following, on which days 
it is lawful to fish in any pond, brook or river in said 
town in accordance with the general law of the state. 
* * * Also unlawful to have in possession any kind 
of fish taken in violation of this section. 

Ch. 42, P. & S. L. 191 1, which amends ch. 150, P. & 
S. L. 1909- 

There shall be an annual close time on Thompson 
pond, situated in the counties of Oxford, Cumberland 
and Androscoggin, from Sept. 1 to Jany. 1 of the fol- 
lowing year, during which time it shall be unlawful to 
take, catch or kill any kind of fish except black bass. 
Ch. 323, P. & S. L. 1909. 

Tributaries closed to May 16, 1914, except suckers 
may be taken in season in accordance with the gen- 
eral law of the state. R. and R. Comrs. 

In Round and Long Ponds, in Livermore, it is un- 
lawful to catch any trout less than 8 inches in length, 
or to fish in the tributaries at any time.' Notices must 
be posted. Ch. 166, P. & S. L., 1907. 

Lake Auburn, all the tributaries closed (and all that 
part of the waters of said Lake Auburn and Townsend 
Brook, so-called, that lie north of the road leading from 
the Turner road, so-called, to North Auburn Village 
and crossing said Townsend brook, shall be considered 



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as tributary waters of said Lake Auburn.) Ch. 407, 
P. & S. L., 1903. 

Bear Pond, in Hartford, (Ox. Co.) and Turner, 
(And. Co.) may fish through the ice for pickerel only, 
tributaries closed. Ch. 183, P. & S. L., 1907, and Ch. 
407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

Taylor Pond, in Auburn, tributaries closed. Ch. 
407, P. & S. L., 1903, Ch. 279, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Sabattus Pond, not more than 10 black bass can be 
taken in one day by one person. Ch. 407, P. & S. L,., 
1903. 



R. & R. COMMRS. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill 
or have in possession any white perch less than 8 inches 
in length, or any black bass less than 12 inches -in 
length in Upper, Lower and Middle Range Poxds, or in 
Tripp Pond* all in the town of Poland, for a period of 
four years from Oct. 1, 1909. 

It shall also be unlawful for any one person in any 
one day to take, catch and kill or have in possession 
more than 20 white perch and six black bass taken in 
any of the above named waters, for a period of 4 years 
from Oct. 1, 1909. 

It shall be unlawful for the occupants of any boat, 
canoe, raft or other vessel or conveyance propelled by 
steam, electricity, hand or other power to take, catch 
and kill more than 20 white perch and six black bass 
in any one day in the above named waters, and it shall 
also be unlawful for the occupants of one house, one 
cottage, one tent, one camp, or the members of one 
family or the members of one party collectively in one 
day to take, catch, kill or have in possession more than 
20 white perch and 6 black bass taken in any one day 
in the above named waters, for a period of four years 
from Oct. 1, 1909. 



It shall also be unlawful for any person at any time 
to fish for, take, catch, kill or have in possession any 
trout or landlocked salmon in any of the above named 
waters, and it shall also be unlawful for any one person 
in any one day to take, catch and kill more than 3 togue 
and 5 pickerel in these waters, for a period of four 
years from Oct. 1, 1909. 

There shall be an annual close time on the above 
named waters for black bass, in which it shall be un- 
lawful to fish for in any way any of said fish or to 
take, catch or kill any black bass, from October first to 
June 20th of the following year of each year for a 
period of four years from October 1, 1909. 

*MODIFlCATIONS OF RULES AND REGULA- 
. TIONS OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND 

FISHERIES AND GAME. 

The Rules and Regulations of the Commissioners 
of Inland Fisheries and Game adopted on October 1st, 
A. D., 1909, relating to the taking of black bass in 
Upper, Lower and Middle Range Ponds, also in Tripp 
Pond, all in the town of Poland, are hereby modified 
so that the close season on black bass in said Tripp 
pond shall be from May 1st to June 20 of each year 
instead of from Oct. 1st to June 20th of the following 
year as provided in the regulations adopted on Octo- 
ber first, A. D., 1909, above referred to. 

Section 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession at any time any fish taken in vio- 
lation of the above regulations. 

AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 

Number Nine Lake, T. 9, R. 3, close time from Oc- 
tober 1st, to June 1st. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

Squa Pan Lake, the inlet stream of, and the east 
branch of said inlet stream above Thomas Thibadeau's 



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lower landing, closed to all fishing. Madawaska Lake, 
tributaries closed to all fishing. P. & S. L., 1905, ch. 
246, and ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, sec. 2. 

Mattawamkeag Lake, unlawful to fish except with 
single hook and line, and only for consumption in the 
family of the person fishing. P. & S. L., ch. 204, 1905. 

(See Baskahegan, Chepenticook, Schoodic, Grand, 
North, Brackett, and Longfeelow Lakes, and Hot 
Brook and Baskahegan Stream in Washington coun- 
ty, partly in Aroostook.) 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any trout in PrestieE Stream, which flows through 
the towns of Westfield, Mars Hill, Blaine and Bridge- 
water, or any of the tributaries thereof in said towns, 
or in any ponds flowing into said stream, from Oct. 1 
to May 1 of the following year for 5 years from 
Oct. 1, 1909. Ch. 224, P. & S. L., 1909. 
■ It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch, or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in Chase Brook, so-called, 
or in any of its tributaries, or in Fish River, so-called, 
from the Falls on said river near Big Fish Lake to the 
mouth of said Chase Brook. Ch. 395, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any trout at any time in Aeder Brook, so-called, in the 
towns of Island Falls and Hersey, or in Dyer Brook, 
so-called, in the towns of Island Falls and Dyer Brook 
and in Merrill Plantation, for a period of 4 years from 
June 30, 191 1. 

It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any trout taken in violation of this section. 
Ch. 38, P. & S. L. 191 1. 



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CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 

Sabbath Day Pond, in New Gloucester closed to ice 
fishing, tributaries closed. Thomas Pond, in Raymond 
and Casco, closed to ice fishing, tributaries closed. Ch. 
407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

Sebago Lake tributaries closed (see law on Songo 
and Crooked rivers). 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any fish of any kind in that part of Sebago lake known 
and called Songo River, from a point opposite of what 
is now known as Oliver's camp, a place in said lake 
known as the mouth of Songo river, to Songo Lock, 
from Sept. 1 of each year to May 1 of the following 
year. Provided, however, that it shall be lawful to 
dip smelts in the usual way. It shall be lawful to fish, 
as provided in the general law, in Crooked River from 
its junction with the Songo river up as far as what is 
known as Crooked river bridge. Ch. 63, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time on or through the ice in Big 
Rattlesnake Pond, or in Panther Pond, except dur- 
ing the months of March and April in each year. It 
shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in any of the tributaries to 
either of the above named ponds, except it shall be 
lawful to dip smelts in said tributaries during the month 
of April in each year. Ch. 352, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Duck Pond, tributaries closed, Great Watchic 
Pond, in Standish, close time on pond and tributaries 
from October 1st to May 1st. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

Little Sebago Lake, closed to ice fishing, tributaries 
closed from Sept. 1, to April 1 following. Ch. 407, P. 
& S. L., 1903. Ch. 150 P. & S. L., 1905, and Ch. 59, 
P. & S. L., 1909. 

Section 1. In addition to the laws now in force reg- 



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ulating fishing in Little Sebago Lake, in the county 
of Cumberland, it shall be unlawful for any person to 
fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time 
in said Little Sebago Lake from April first to June 
fifteenth following of each year, for a period of four 
years from June fifteenth, A. D., 191 1. 

Section 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession any kind of fish taken in viola- 
tion of these regulations. R. & R. Comrs. 

Break Neck Brook in Sebago and Baldwin, and trib- 
utaries closed. Ch. 325, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Coleins Pond, Windham, close time until May 1, 
1912, P. & S. L., 1907, ch. 381. South East, Barker 
and Middle Ponds, in Baldwin and Sebago (and in 
Hiram, in Ox. Co.) closed to ice fishing except during 
February, March and April. P. & S. L., 1907, ch. 195. 
Notices must be posted. 

Fishing prohibited in White Brook, also all of its 
tributaries above the land of M. M. Burnham, in Cum- 
berland ; fishing also prohibited in head waters of Mill 
Brook, north of the Blanchard road, so-called, said 
waters being in Cumberland and No. Yarmouth, for 
4 years from April 24, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from Nov. 1, A. D., 1910, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in Pleasant Pond, 
so-called, or in Parker's Pond, so-called, or in any of 
the tributaries to said ponds, situated in the town of 
Casco and in the town of Otisfield, except that it shall 
be lawful to take suckers during the month of May 
of each year, in these waters. 

Also unlawful to have in possession any kind of fish 
taken in violation of these regulations. R. and R. 
Comrs. 

For a period of four years from November 1, A. D., 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for. 



take, catch or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in any 
of the tributaries to Highland Lake, in the town of 
Bridgton, (and in the town of Sweden, County of Ox- 
ford.) Also unlawful to have fish in possession taken 
in violation of these regulations. R. and R. Comrs. 

NOTE FOLLOWING SPECIAL LAW ON BLACK 
BASS IN THIS POND. 
Highland Lake, no person shall catch or kill more 
than 10 black bass in one day in this lake. P. & S. L., 
ch. 407, sec. 3, 1903. 

FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

Ch. 407, sec. 1, P. & S. L., 1903. Ch. 64, P. & S. L., 
1907, and ch. 90, sec. 8, P. L., 1909. 

All the lakes, ponds and streams lying wholly or 
partly in this county are closed to all ice fishing, ex- 
cept all ponds and lakes wholly in the town of Chester- 
ville. Following is the law regulating ice fishing in 
that town : 

"So much of chapter 32 of the revised statutes, as 
amended by section 8 of chapter 90 of the public laws 
of 1909, as prohibits fishing through the ice, in accord- 
ance with the general law of the state, on Friday and 
on Saturday of each week, in all the lakes and ponds 
situated wholly in the town of Chesterville, in the coun- 
ty of Franklin, is hereby repealed." Ch. 59, P. L., 191 1. 

(See Jenne Pond, partly in this county under "Ox- 
ford County.") 

(Also see Parker Pond, partly in this county under 
"Kennebec County.") 

TRIBUTARIES CLOSED TO ALL FISHING IN 
FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
The tributaries to the following named lakes and 
ponds are closed to all fishing, viz : Webb Pond in 



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Weld, except Aeder Brook down as far as Hildreth's 
mill dam ; Tuets and Dutton's Ponds in Kingfield, and 
the outlet of the same from Dutton pond to Reed's 
Falls and from Tufts pond to Alder stream; Tim and 
Mud Ponds, in T. 2, Range 4; Rangeley Lake; Ross 
Pond;' Bemis Stream, a tributary to Mooselucmegun- 
tic lake; Whetstone Brook, which flows into Kenne- 
bago stream, from the foot of the boulders, so-called, 
in said stream to the foot of the falls at the outlet of 
Kennebago lake; Metaeeuc and Miee Brooks which 
flow into Upper Richardson lake; Coos Brook, a trib- 
utary to Wilson lake in Wilton, from its entrance into 
Wilson lake from the upper side of the Wilkins bridge 
over said Coos brook; Holeand Brook, a tributary to 
said Wilson lake, from its junction with Coos brook 
to the upper side of the Coos bridge over said Holland 
brook ; Varnum and North Ponds in Temple and Wil- 
ton; CeEarwater Pond in Farmington and Industry; 
Long Pond and Sandy River Pond, lying wholly or 
partly in Sandy River Plantation; Luekin Pond in 
Phillips ; Four Ponds, so-called, in townships E and D. 
Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

Tributaries to Mt. Beue Pond closed to fishing until 
May 20, 191 5. R. & R. Com. 

Mt. Blue Stream, outlet of Mt. Beue Pond, in 
Avon, closed except Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 
of each week. No person on any one of these days 
shall take, catch, or kill more than 25 fish in all in this 
stream. Ch. 154, P. & S. L., i9°9- 

It shall be unlawful to fish for any kind of fish at 
any time in the North Branch oe Sandy River, called 
the Chandeer Mile Stream, the South Branch, called 
the Crossman Stream, or in Bowen Brook; Saddle- 
back Stream, sometimes called Pease Stream, is 
closed to all fishing except from its junction with the 
Sandy river at Madrid village to Orrin Hinckley's. 



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bridge, a distance of one mile. Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & 
S. L., 1903, and ch. 58, P. & S. L-, 1909- 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in the South Branches of 
the Sandy River, above the Chas. E. Dill bridge, in 
West Phillips. Ch. 223, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Only 35 fish can be taken by one person in one day 
in Sandy River, from Sandy River Pond down as far 
as the Weymouth Bridge. Ch. 208, P. & S. h., 1909. 

Ben Morrison Brook, in Madrid, which flows into 
Saddeeback Stream, closed. Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & S. 

L., 1903. 

For a period of four years from August 1, 1909, it 
shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind 
of fish at any time in any stream in the towns of Phil- 
lips, Madrid or Avon, which is a tributary to the 
Sandy River, except on Monday, Wednesday and Sat- 
urday of each week, on which days it shall be lawful 
to fish in said waters, in accordance with the general 
law of the state. Provided, however, that these regu- 
lations shall not apply to Perham Stream, so-called, 
in Madrid, or in Mt. Abraham township, on which 
stream the following regulations are hereby placed: 

For a period of two years from August 1, A. D. 1909, 
it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in Perham Stream, so-called, 
or in any of its tributaries, which stream is in the town 
of Madrid, and in Mt. Abraham township. 

For a period of two years from August 1, 191 1, it 
shall be lawful to fish in said Perham Stream and trib- 
utaries on Monday, Wednesday and Friday only of 
each week, and during this open season it shall be 
unlawful for any one person to take, catch, kill or have 
in possession in any one day more than fifteen fish in 
all taken from said stream or any of its tributaries. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, 
catch, kill or have in possession more than fifteen fish 



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in all taken from the Sandy River from the Weymouth 
bridge, so-called, across said river, in Madrid, down to 
the wire suspension bridge across said river in the 
town of Strong, for a period of four years from Au- 
gust i, 1909. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. For a period of four years from July 1, 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill in any way, any kind of fish in that 
part of Cottle Brook above the highway bridge on the 
Rangeley Lakes road, said brook being situated in town 
of Phillips. 

Section 2. For a period of four years from July 1, 
1910, in all the tributaries that flow into Sandy River 
in Franklin County, above the suspension bridge across 
said river in Strong, to Weymouth bridge in Madrid, 
it shall be unlawful for any person in any one day to 
take, catch, kill or have in possession more than 25 fish 
in all, said tributaries being situated in the towns of 
Strong, Avon, Phillips and Madrid. 

The above regulations shall not modify or change 
previous regulations placed on fishing in Vaeeey Brook, 
in Strong, or in the outlet to Mt. Bute Pond, in Avon, 
or in the South Branches oe Sandy River, above the 
Chas. E. Dill bridge, so-called, or in SaddeEback 
Stream, above the Orin Hinkley bridge, so-called, or in 
Bowen Brook or in Perham Stream, or in the inlet to 
Mt. Beue Pond or in any other streams in the above 
named towns that were subject to special regulations 
previous to July 1, 1910. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of five years from July 15th, 191 1, it 
shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in CrosbyvieeE Stream, so- 
called, situated in the towns of Avon, Phillips, Free- 
man and Strong. It shall also be unlawful for any 
person to have in possession at any time any kind of 
fish taken in violation of any provision of this section. 
Ch. 32, P. & S. L, 1911. 



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Tributaries to Pease Pond, in Wilton and Jay, closed 
to all fishing until July 10, 1913, R. & R. Comrs. 

During open season on Pease Pond it is unlawful for 
any one person in any one day to take, catch, kill or 
have in possession more than 20 white perch, pickerel, 
black bass or horn pouts in all taken from said Pease 
Pond, or more than 5 trout or landlocked salmon, for a 
period of 4 years from July 10, 1909. R. & R. Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in Webb's River, the outlet of 
Lake Webb, down as far as Goodwin's mill dam on 
said river. Sec. 3, ch. 196, P. & S. L. 1907. 



LAKE WEBB. 

It shall be unlawful to fish at any time for any kind 
of fish in Lake Webb within 150 feet of the mouth of 
each and every tributary to said lake, from the time the 
ice goes out in the spring until June first following, and 
the Commissioners of inland fisheries and game shall, 
by suitable monuments, indicate the area in which it 
shall be unlawful to fish as above specified. P. & S. L., 
1905, ch. 148. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, or catch any 
kind of fish at any time in Lake Webb, except in the 
ordinary method of trolling or casting with artificial 
flies or fly fishing, from the time the ice goes out in 
the spring until the first day of June of each year. 
P. & S. L., 1907, ch. 196. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or 
kill more than twenty-five fish in all in any one day in 
any of the tributaries to Wilson Lake, which lake is 
situated in the town of Wilton, in which fishing is now 
permitted by law, or in Alder Brook, so-called, a trib- 
utary to Weld Pond, which pond is situated in the town 
of Weld, down as far as Hildreth's mill dam, so-called. 



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It shall also be unlawful to have in possession any fish 
taken in violation of this section. Ch. 157, P. & S. L., 
1911. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or 
kill more than twenty-five trout or land-locked salmon 
in all in any of the tributaries to Jim Pond, in town- 
ship number one, range five, W. B. K. P., or Jim pond 
township, so-called, in any one day, during the open 
season now provided by law on said waters. 

Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch or kill more than ten trout in Jim Brook, 
so-called, in township number one, range five, W. B. 
K. P., or Jim pond township, so-called, in any one day, 
during the open season now provided by law on said 
waters, and it shall also be unlawful for any person to 
take any trout in said Jim Brook less than eight inches 
in length. 

Section 3. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any trout or land-locked salmon 
taken in violation of any provision of this act. Ch. 
81, P. & S. L., ion. 

CUPSUPTIC RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 

It is unlawful to fish in these waters, above the foot 
of the first falls near its mouth, except from May 1 to 
July 1 of each year. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

KENNEBAGO LAKES AND STREAM AND TRIB- 
UTARIES AND CONNECTING WATERS. 
It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in Kennebago Stream, from- 
the fish-weir on said stream down to the foot of the 
oxbow, so-called, at the point of the sand-bar, on said 
stream, from August 1 of each year until the ice is out 
the following spring, for a period of four years from 
August 1, 1909. R. & R. Comrs. 



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For a period of 4 years from Sept. 1, 1910, it shall 
be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of 
fish at any time in Kamankeag Brook, so-called, a trib- 
utary to Kennebago Stream,, situated in the town of 
Rangeley ; during the same period it shall also be unlaw- 
ful for any person to have in possession at any time any 
kind of fish taken from the above named waters. R. 
& R. Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Kennebago Stream be- 
tween the foot of the first falls near its mouth to the 
upper falls at the outlet of the lake, from July 1 to 
May 1, except from Indian Rock to Big Falls one 
may fish in ordinary way of casting with artificial flies; 
one person can kill only two fish within limits above 
defined in one day, then only when accompanied by 
registered guide. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, as am. by 
ch. 171, P. & S. L-, 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for in any way, or catch 
any kind of fish in the Seven Ponds, so-called, the 
Seven Ponds Stream, Little Kennebago Lake, and 
the stream flowing out of Little Kennebago lake to the 
dam at the head of Kennebago Falls, or in the stream 
flowing out of Kennebago lake commencing at a point 
four rods above the Berlin Mills Company's bridge and 
continuing down said stream to its junction with the 
stream flowing from Little Kennebago lake except in 
the ordinary method of casting with artificial flies or 
fly fishing. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
in any one day, more than 10 fish in all in Kennebago 
Lake, Little Kennebago Lake, John's Pond, Flat 
Iron Pond, Seven Ponds, or in any of the streams 
flowing into any of the above named lakes or ponds 
that are not closed to fishing, and in the stream flowing 
out of Little Kennebago Lake to the dam at the head 
of Kennebago Falls, and in the stream flowing out of 



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Kennebago Lake commencing four rods above the Ber- 
lin Mills Company's bridge and continuing down said 
stream to its junction with the stream flowing from 
Little Kennebago Lake. Sec. 3, Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 
1903. 

It shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill at any time 
any kind of fish in any of the ponds lying on Saddle- 
back Mountain, or the outlet of the same flowing into 
Dead River Pond, or in any of the tributaries emptying 
into said outlet, or in Salmon Lake or Gull Pond,* in 
Dallas Plantation, or in Kennebago Lake, John's 
Pond, Flat Iron Pond, Blanchard Pond, and all the 
streams flowing into the same, except in the ordinary 
method of casting with artificial flies or fly fishing. Ch. 
407, P & S. L., 1903- 

*So much of chapter 407 of the private and special 
laws of nineteen hundred and three, as amended, as 
prohibits the taking, catching, or killing at any time 
any kind of fish in Gull Pond, in Dallas plantation, 
except in the ordinary method of casting with artificial 
flies or fly fishing, is hereby repealed to take effect on 
June first, 1912. Ch. 8, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

Rangeley Chain of Lakes. 

For a period of 4 years from August 1, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful to lure any fish to any place or locality by 
depositing any meat, bones, dead fish or parts of the 
same, or other food for fish, in the water (this method 
being commonly known and called "advance baiting 
fish") in Rangeley, Mooselookmeguntic or Cupsuptic 
Lakes, or in the Richardson Lakes, so-called, being the 
Lakes known as the Rangeley Chain of Lakes, or in 
Cupsuptic Stream, up to the first dam on said stream. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from August 1, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful to take any trout less than 9 inches in 
length in any of the Rangeley Chain of Lakes above 



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referred to, or in said Cupsuptic Stream. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful for any person or party or occu- 
pants of any one boat, canoe, raft or other vessel or 
conveyance propelled by steam, electricity, hand or other 
power to catch by still or plug fishing, so-called, more 
than four trout and salmon in any one day, collectively 
nor more than two trout and salmon in any one day 
individually, in the waters of RangeeEy Lake, Rich- 
ardson Lakes, Mooselookmeguntic Lake and Cupsup- 
tic Lake, situated in the counties of Franklin and 
Oxford. P. & S. L., 1905, Ch. 344. 

Unlawful to fish in South Bog Stream from its 
mouth up to the first quick water from July 1 to May 
1 ; fly fishing only in South Bog Stream and Pooe. Ch. 
407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

It is unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind 
of fish at any time in that portion of RangelEy Lake 
known as South Bog, bounded by a line drawn from 
the South Rangeley wharf to Dixon wharf on South 
Bog Island, Rangeley lake, and from that point to the 
wharf at Bungalow camp that is situated on the main 
land, except in the ordinary way of casting with arti- 
ficial flies or fly fishing or by trolling. Ch. 124, P. & S. 
L., 1909- 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish at any time in Rangeley Stream from the 
lower wharf at the outlet of Rangeley lake down to 
the dead water at the upper end of the eddy, nor from 
the upper end of the eddy to the mouth of Kennebago 
Stream from July 1 to May 1, Sec. 3, Ch. 407, P. & S. 
L-, 1903, except during the open season, provided in 
the general law of the state, from the sign at the old 
wharf near the head of Rangeley Stream down to the 
dam across this stream, unlawful to fish except with 
artificial flies and only one fish can be killed in one day 
by one person. Ch. 157, P. & S. L., 1909. 



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It shall be unlawful to take from the waters of 
Varnum or North Pond, in Temple and Wilton, and 
Clearwater Pond, in the towns of Farmingto-n and 
Industry, more than three trout, togue and landlocked 
salmon in all in one day. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

Indian Pond, in T. 1, R. 8, W. B. K. P., (Lowell- 
town.) It shall be lawful to fish in said pond after 
July 1st, 1908, during July and August of each year, in 
the manner provided in the general laws of the State, 
except on Sunday of each week it shall be unlawful to 
fish for, take, catch or kill any fish in said pond, and 
no trout less than 9 inches in length, taken in said 
pond, shall be killed or carried away at any time, and 
not more than 8 pounds of fish in all shall be caught 
in said pond in any one day by any one person. Notices 
must be posted. Ch. 64, P. & S. L-, 1907. - 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill. any 
kind of fish at any time in Loon Lake or in Cow Pond, 
except by the ordinary manner of casting with artificial 
flies or by trolling, so-called. 

It shall be unlawful for any person, or the occupants 
of one boat, to take, kill or have in possession more 
than 5 pounds of trout or landlocked salmon in all, or 
one fish, taken from Loon Lake or from Cow Pond, in 
one day. Ch. 374, P. & S. L., 1907. 

For a period of 4 years from August 1, 1909, all fish- 
ing except trolling or casting with artificial flies, or fly 
fishing, so-called, is prohibited in Round and Dodge 
Ponds and their tributaries. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from August 1, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful for one person to take or have in possession 
more than 15 fish in all taken from Mountain Pond or 
Swiet River Pond in one day. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 2 years from August 1, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of 
fish at any time in Beaver Pond, so-called, in the Coun- 
tv of Franklin. R. & R. Comrs. 



3i 

For a period of four years from July first, 1910, it 
shall be unlawful to take any fish from any of the inlets 
to Day Mountain Pond, in the Towns of Strong and 
Avon. R. & R. Comrs. 

In Quimby Pond, it shall be unlawful to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any fish except in the ordinary way 
of angling with rod and artificial flies between sunrise 
and sunset of each day from the 15th day of May to the 
first day of October, and no person shall take, catch or 
kill or have in possession more than six fish in all in 
any one day from this pond. Sec. 3, ch. 407, P. & S. 

L., 1903- 

It shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill more than 
twenty-five fish in any one day in Four Ponds, so-called, 
in Townships xi, and D. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

It shall be unlawful to take more than 25 trout from 
Tim and Mud Ponds, in T. 2, R. 4, W. B. K. P., in 
one day. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch, 
kill or have in possession in any one day more than 
25 fish in all taken in any of the streams lying wholly 
or partly in the towns of Freeman, Salem and Strong, 
and it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any fish in any of these streams ex- 
cept on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays of each 
week during open season. P. & S. L., 1903, chs. 360 
and 407, as am. by ch. 248, P. & S. L., 1905, and ch. 
376, P. & S. U, 1907- 

For a period of four years from July 10, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful to fish for, take, catch, or kill any kind of 
fish at any time in any of the tributaries to Porter's or 
Sweet's Pond, so-called, which pond is situated in the 
towns of Strong and New Vineyard. R. & R. Comrs. 

Sec. 1. For a period of 4 years from August 1, A. D. 
191 1, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch 
or kill more than 15 brook trout, brown trout or land- 
locked salmon in all, in any one day, in Lufkin Pond, 



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so-called, in the town of Phillips, in the county of 
Franklin. 

Sec. 2. During the same period- it shall also be un- 
lawful for any person to take, catch or kill any brook 
trout or brown trout in said pond less than 8 inches in 
length. 

Sec. 3. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any fish taken in violation of these 
regulations. 

Only 10 trout can be taken by one person in any 
waters in Alder Stream Township in one day. Ch. 
125, P. & S. L., 1909. 

No fish less than eight inches in length can be taken 
in Bog Brook or Deer or Bog Pond in Lowelltown, and 
not more than 5 lbs. of fish in one day can be taken by 
one person. Ch. 270, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Not more than 10 lbs. of landlocked salmon, trout or 
togue can be taken by one person in one day in any 
waters in T. 1, R. 6, T. 1, and 2, R. 7, T. 1 and 2, R. 8, 
T. 1, R. 9, Frank. Co., W. B. K. P. Ch. 278, P. & S. 
L., 1909. 

For a period of 4 years from July 10, 1909, it shall 
be unlawful for any person in any one day to take. 
catch, kill or have in possession more than 25 trout 
taken from Rapid Stream, so-called, situated in Mt. 
Abraham township and Kingfield, or in any of the trib- 
utaries to said stream. R. & R. Comrs. 

Sec. 1. For four years from July 1, 1910, it shall be 
unlawful for any person to fish for, take or catch any 
fish in the South Branch of Dead River, in Franklin 
County, above Flagg Dam or in any of the tributaries 
to said river above said dam, except on Tuesday, 
Wednesday and Friday of each week, and on these 
d-ays no person shall catch in these waters more than 
twenty fish in any one day. 

Sec. 2. For a period of four years from July 1st, 
1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take or catch any 



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fish at any time in any of the tributaries to Dead River 
Pond in Dallas Plantation. R. & R. Comrs. 

Unlawful to catch trout less than eight inches in 
length in North Branch of Dead River, from its junc- 
tion with the Southwest branch to Chain of Ponds, or 
in Alder Stream, in Jim Pond township, or in Tim 
Brook, below Shepp's camp, or for one person to kill 
in one day more than 10 trout taken from any of the 
above named waters, for three years from July 20, 1908. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from September first, A. 
D., 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or 
kill any trout at any time in the South Branch of 
Dead River, or in any of its tributaries below Flagg 
Dam, so-called, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Sat- 
urday of each week from the time the ice is out of the 
waters fished in the spring of each year until October 
first following. It shall also be unlawful for any per- 
son to kill or have in possession more than 15 trout in 
all in any one day taken from any of the above named 
waters ; EXCEPT in Nash Stream, a tributary to said 
South Branch of Dead River, it shall be unlawful for 
any person to kill or have in possession in any one day 
more than 20 trout in all taken from said Nash 
Stream. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from Sept. 1, 1910, the fol- 
lowing regulations shall be in force relating to fishing 
in Moose River, from Lowell Falls, so-called, up, and 
in the tributaries to said Moose River, in the county 
of Franklin : 

For the year 1910 close season for fishing in the above 
named waters shall begin on Sept. 1 ; for each of the 
three following years, 191 1, 1912 and 1913, the close 
season on fishing in said waters shall begin on August 
15th of each year. 

Provided, further, that the above regulations shall 
not apply to Deer Pond, Barrett Pond, Bog Brook 



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from Deer Pond down to Moose River, or to Beaver 
Pond, Boundary Pond, CeEar Pond or Mud Pond. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from Sept. 1, 1910, it shall 
be unlawful for any person to take, catch, or kill more 
than 25 fish in all in any one day in Carrabasset River 
or in any of its tributaries, in the county of Franklin 
and County of Somerset, and it shall also be unlawful 
for any person to have in possession in any one day 
more than 25 fish in all taken from any of the above 
named waters. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of 4 years from Sept. 1, 1910, it shall 
be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of 
fish at any time in Stratton Brook, so-called, situated 
wholly or partly in the town of Eustis, or in any of the 
tributaries to said brook, on Monday, Wednesday, Fri- 
day or Saturday of each week from the time the ice 
is out of the waters fished in the spring until October 
first following of each year, and during open season 
on the above named waters it shall be unlawful for any 
person to kill or have in possession more than 15 trout 
in all in any one day taken from any of said waters. 
Provided, however, that in Stony Brook, so-called, one 
of the tributaries to said Stratton Brook, it shall be 
unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish 
at any time during the same period. R. & R. Comrs. 

Only fly fishing permitted in Stratton Brook and 
tributaries; no trout less than eight inches and only 10 
in one day can be taken by one person. Ch. 64, P. & S. 
L., 1909- 

For a period of four years from Sept. 1, 1910, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to kill or have in 
possession more than 10 fish in all in any one day taken 
from Tufts, Dutton and Grindstone Ponds, which 
ponds are situated in the town of Kingfield, and no 
trout less than 8 inches in length and no salmon less 
than 12 inches in length shall be taken from any 



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of said waters during the same period. R. & R. Comrs. 
Section i. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in SwiFT 
River, so-called, or in any of the streams tributary 
thereto, situated in Rumford, Mexico, Roxbury, Byron 
and plantations D and E, in the counties of Oxford 
and Franklin, including Swift River Pond, except that 
it shall be lawful to fish in accordance with the gen- 
eral law of the state in the river itself and in any of its 
tributaries on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each 
week during the months of May, June, July and Au- 
gust of each year. And no person shall catch, take or 
kill over thirty-five fish of lawful size in any one day 
from any or all of these waters, under a penalty of one 
dollar for each and every fish caught or killed in ex- 
cess of said thirty-five. Ch. 263, P. & S. L., 191 1, 
which amends ch. 412, P. & S. L-, 1907 as am. by ch. 
121, P. & S. L., 1909. 



HANCOCK COUNTY. 

Bubble or Turtle Lake, on Mt. Desert Island, closed 
to ice fishing, tributaries closed; P. & S. L-, ch. 407, 
1903; Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island, closed to ice 
fishing; Green Lake in Dedham and Ellsworth, trib- 
utaries closed, closed to ice fishing except Fridays and 
Saturdays of each week. P. & S. L., ch. 407, 1903; 
Narraguagus Lake closed to ice fishing. P. & S. L., 
1905, ch. 170 (this lake, sometimes called Spring River 
lake, is in T. 9, 10 and 16). Crocker and Pickerel 
Ponds, in T. 32, closed to ice fishing. Ch. 407, P. & 
S. L., 1903 ; First or Billings Pond, in Bluehill, closed 
from October first to May first; Noyes Pond, in Blue- 
hill, closed to ice fishing, tributaries closed; P. & S. 
L., 1903, Ch. 407, sec. 1, as am. by P. & S. L., 1905, 
ch. 23. 



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So much of chapter 407 of the private and special 
laws of 1903, as amended, as prohibits fishing through 
the ice in accordance with the general law of the state, 
on Friday and Saturday of each week, in Eagle Lake, 
so-called, in the town of Eden, is hereby repealed. 

Section 2. During open season for ice fishing in said 
Eagle Lake it shall be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch or kill in any one day more than fifteen 
pounds of fish in all. Ch. 95, P. & S. L., 1911. Tribu- 
taries to this lake closed. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

For a period of four years from Nov. 1, A. D. 1910, 
it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish on or through the ice in Little Tunk 
Poxd. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from November 1, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish on or through the ice in Flaxders 
Poxd, so-called, in the town of Sullivan. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

Close time on Bluxt Poxd, in Lamoine, from Oct. 
1 to May 1 of the following year ; Sunday a close time 
for fishing in this pond; no person can take more than 
12 fish from this pond in one day: these regulations 
to be in force for 4 years from Jan. 25, 1908. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Rowe Brook, sometimes 
called Schoolhouse Brook, Allen Brook, Intervale 
Brook, Hurd Brook, or Mountain Brook, all of which 
brooks flow into Phillips Lake, or in any other tribu- 
taries to said Phillips Lake, except on Wednesday and 
Saturday of each week, on which days it shall be law- 
ful to fish in said brooks in accordance with the general 
law. Ch. 170, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time through the ice in Don- 
NELt Pond, situated partly in Franklin and partly in 



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township No. 10, except on Tuesday and Friday of 
each week in accordance with the general law. Ch. 
76, P. & S. L., 1009. 

It is unlawful to take, catch, kill or have in posses- 
sion in any one day more than 25 pounds of black bass 
taken from any of the waters lying wholly or partly 
in the towns of Eden, Mt. Desert, Tremont, Hancock, 
Sullivan, Franklin, Eastbrook, Waltham, and Town- 
ships Number 7, Number 10 and Number 21, in the 
county of Hancock. Sec. 3, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

For a period of three years from August 22nd, A. 
D. 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or 
kill any kind of fish at any time in Senecar Brook, 
so-called, in the town of Penobscot. R. & R. Comrs. 



KENNEBEC COUNTY. 

COBBOSSEECONTEE LAKE AND LAKE MARANACOOK, 

closed to ice fishing, tributaries closed, not more than 
10 black bass can be killed in one day; Narrows Pond, 
in Winthrop, closed to ice fishing, tributaries closed; 
Great, East, Long, North, Little, Ellis, McGraw 
and Snow Ponds, situated wholly or partly in this 
county, closed to ice fishing, tributaries closed, and no 
fish, except eels, taken from these ponds can be sold; 
Flying Pond, in Vienna, closed to ice fishing. Ch. 
407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in any of the tributaries 
to Flying Pond, which pond is situated in the town of 
Vienna, except in Sucker Brook, so-called, in which 
brook it shall be unlawful to fish only from Ernest 
Whittier's dam to said Flying pond. Ch. 168, P. & S. 
L., 1909. 

See Androscoggin Pond, partly in this county, un- 
der Androscoggin County. 



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Three Mile Pond, in China, Windsor and Vassal- 
boro, closed to ice fishing except Saturdays of each 
week, may fish then for pickerel for consumption in 
the family of the person taking them, — tributaries 
closed. Sees, i and 2, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903- Coch- 
newagon, Dexter, Berry and Wilson Ponds, in Mon- 
mouth, Winthrop, and Wayne, closed to ice fishing. 
Ch. 358, P. & S. L., 1907. Tributaries of Cochne- 
wagon, Berry and Wilson Ponds closed. Ch. 407, P. 
& S. L., 1903. 

China Lake, in Vassalboro, and tributaries, and 
Lovejoy Pond, in Albion, closed to ice fishing. Ch. 
164, P. & S. L-, 1907, and ch. 81, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Webber Pond closed to ice fishing except on Tues- 
day and Saturday of each week. Ch. 172, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

Tributaries of all ponds and lakes lying wholly or 
partly in Winthrop and Monmouth, closed to all fish- 
ing. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

Pocasset Lake and Pickerel Pond, in Wayne, closed 
to ice fishing. Ch. 362, P. & S. L., 1907. 

Carleton Pond. Ch. 360, P. & S. L., 1905, Sect. 5. 
Except as herein provided, no person shall use any 
boat on said pond or fish therein or harvest ice there- 
from. Ice may be harvested therefrom provided the 
taker seasonably removes all filth caused by such har- 
vesting. Residents of Winthrop and Readfield, living 
within one mile and a half from said pond, and their 
guests, may fish and boat thereon during the months of 
June, July and August. Nothing herein shall prevent 
fishing through the ice in said pond nor the necessary 
uses of said pond by the Augusta Water District. Who- 
ever violates this section shall be fined not exceeding 
twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding six 
months. 



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Buker, Sand, Long, or Purgatory and Little Purg- 
atory Ponds closed to ice fishing until May I, 1912. 
P. & S. L., 1907. 

During open season on fishing in Sand, Buker, 
Shorey and Little Purgatory Ponds, and the outlet 
streams of said ponds, situated in the towns of Litch- 
field and Monmouth, it shall be unlawful to fish for any 
k'nd of fish in either of said ponds or outlet streams 
of same from 8 o'clock in the evening, standard time, 
of each day until sunrise the following morning, for 
four years from April 8, 1910. R. & R. Comrs. 

Jimmy Pond, in Litchfield, closed to all fishing until 
May 1, 1912, also its tributaries and the outlet stream 
of said pond down to Buker Pond. Ch. 371, P. & S. 

L., 1907. 

CobbossEECONTee Stream is closed to all fishing from 
Lake Cobbosseecontee to Pleasant pond, and from 
Pleasant pond to the New Mills bridge, including the. 
Ox Bow, from Dec. 1st to May 1st following of each 
year. P. & S. L., 1905, ch. 2. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any one person 
in any one day to take, catch or kill more than 15 
white perch in all in Pleasant Pond, lying between the 
towns of Litchfield and Richmond, or in CobbossEECON- 
tee Stream, or in Oxbow or Horseshoe Ponds, so- 
called. 

Section 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
in any one day to take more than 10 pickerel in all in 
Cobbosseecontee Stream, or in Horseshoe Pond or in 
Pleasant Pond, and none shall be taken except for 
consumption in the family of the person taking the 
same. 

Expires Mar. 17, 1913. R. & R. Comrs. 

Horseshoe Pond, in West Gardiner, closed to ice 
fishing until Dec. 24, 1913. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish on or through the ice, for a 



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period of four years from Feby. 21, A. D., 191 1. in 
Pleasant Pond, so-called, situated in the town of 
West Gardiner and the town of Litchfield and in the 
city of Gardiner, and in the town of Richmond, in the 
county of Sagadahoc, or in Mud Pond, so-called, sit- 
uated in the town of Litchfield, and in the town of 
Richmond and the town of Bowdoin, in the county 
of Sagadahoc. It shall also be unlawful to have in 
possession any kind of fish taken on or through the 
ice in either of the above named ponds during the same 
period. R. & R. Comrs. 

BELGRADE CHAIN OF LAKES. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch, and kill, more than six black bass in all 
in one day in Great, Long, East, North, Little, El- 
lis, McGraw, or Snow Ponds, so-called, being the 
Belgrade chain of lakes, so-called, in the counties of 
Kennebec and Somerset, or to take, catch and kill any 
black bass in any of these waters less than twelve 
inches in length. 

Section 2. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any smelts in any of the above named 
lakes and ponds from June fifteenth of each year until 
the ice is out of the pond or lake fished in the follow- 
ing spring. 

Section 3. Bait casting, so-called, for black bass, is 
hereby made unlawful in the above named waters from 
the time the ice goes out of said waters in the spring 
until July first following of each year. 

Section 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch and kill more than ten white perch in all in 
any one day in Great Pond or in Long Pond, said 
ponds being in the above mentioned Belgrade chain of 
lakes, so-called. Ch. 284, P. & S. L-, 1909. 

Section 1. In addition to the open season now pro- 



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vided by law during which it shall be lawful to fish for 
landlocked salmon, trout and togue, in Great Pond, so- 
called, and in Long Pond, so-called, said ponds being 
part of the Belgrade chain of lakes, it shall be lawful 
to fish only with artificial flies or by the method known 
as fly fishing in said Great pond and in said Long 
pond from September 15th of each year to October 1st 
following, for landlocked salmon, trout and togue, in 
accordance with the general law of the State. Ch. 215, 
P. & S. L., 1911. 

It shall be lawful to fish in Belgrade Stream from 
Snow Pond to a point 200 feet below Belgrade bridge, 
so-called, under the same restrictions as apply to fish- 
ing in the Belgrade Chain of Lakes. 

Ch. 213, P. & S. L., 1909, as am. by ch. 204, P. & S. 

L. 1911. 

It shall be unlawful between October 15th, A. D., 
1910, and July 1, A. D., 1914, for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in Sur- 
veyed Pond, so-called, situated in the town of Wind- 
sor. During the same time it shall be unlawful for 
any person to have in possession any kind of fish taken 
from said Surveyed pond. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from Sept. first, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or 
kill any kind of fish at any time in School House 
Brook, so-called, situated in the town of Mt. Vernon, 
said brook being a tributary to Minnehonk Lake. R. 
& R. Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Parker Pond, so-called, 
or in any of its tributaries, in the towns of Mount 
Vernon, Vienna and Payette, (and in the town of 
Chesterville, in Franklin county,) except that it shall be 
lawful to take smelts and suckers, as provided in the 
general law of the state, in the BachellER Mill 
Stream, so-called, and to take suckers, as provided in 



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the general law, in the brooks flowing into said pond. 
Ch. 268, P. &. S. L., 1909- 

It shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish through the ice in Pat- 
tie^ Pond, in Winslow, except on Tuesday and Satur- 
day of each week, on which days it shall be lawful to 
fish in said pond in accordance with the general law. 
Ch. 217, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Ice fishing prohibited in Crotched Pond or Echo 
Lake, in Readfield, Mt. Vernon and Fayette, for 4 
years from Jan. 25, 1908; tributaries closed for same 
period, except in the stream from the Tannery Dam at 
Mt. Vernon to said lake. R. & R. Comrs. 

Lake Annabessacook, in Winthrop and Monmouth, 
closed to all ice fishing for 4 years from Jan. 25, 1908. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

Tributaries to this lake closed; not more than. 10 
black bass can be killed in one day. Ch. 407, P. & S. 
L., 1903. 

Twelve Miee Stream and tributaries, in Clinton and 
Canaan, closed to all fishing for 3 years from July I, 
1909. R. & R. Comrs. 

Note addl. reg. on p. 157. 

KNOX COUNTY. 

Crystal Lake in Washington closed to ice fishing, 
tributaries closed. Sees. 1 and 2, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 
1903. Canaan Lake and Lermond's, Alfords and 
Norton Ponds, tributaries closed. Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & 
S. L., 1903. 

Branch Stream and Hasey Brook, in Washington, 
closed to all fishing until May 1, 1912, but notices must 
be posted. Ch. 189, P. & S. L., 1907. 

Hobbs Pond, in Hope, closed to ice fishing to March 
11, 1914. R. & R. Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in the Medomac River, 



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from Skidmore's mill dam in Union and Washington, 
to Light Meadows, in Liberty, or any of the tributaries 
to said river from Skidmore's mill dam to Light 
Meadows, for 3 years from July 3, 1909. Provided, 
however, that it shall be lawful to dip chubs for bait 
with a hand net in said waters. Ch. 290, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

Muddy Pond in Washington closed to all fishing for 
three years from July 3; 1909. Ch. 262, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

Grassy Pond, in Hope and Rockport, open to ice 
fishing only on Tuesday and Saturday of each week. 
Ch. 156, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Keene Brook and Porter Brook, tributaries to Lake 
Chickawaukee, Rockport, closed to all fishing for four 
years from May 10, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from Nov. 1, 1910, it shall 
be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in Lily Pond, so- 
called, in the town of Rockport. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. The catching or taking of eels in Saint 
Georges River, in Warren, is hereby prohibited, except 
by hook and line or with spears. 

Section 2. Whoever violates any provision of this 
act shall be subject to a penalty of five dollars and 
costs for each offense. Ch. 107, P. & S. L., 191 1. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 

Dyers Pond, in Jefferson, closed to ice fishing, trib- 
utaries closed. Sec. 1 and 2, P. & S. L., 1903, ch. 407. 

For a period of two years from March 14th, A. D., 
191 1, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or 
kill any kind of fish on or through the ice in Pleasant 
Pond or in Three Cornered Pond, which ponds are 
situated in the town of Jefferson and in the town of 



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Whitefield. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession any kind of fish taken on or 
through the ice in either of the above named ponds, 
during the same period. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of three years from November i, A. D., 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in 
Pinkham Pond, so-called, in the town of Alna. 

Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any fish taken in violation of the 
above regulations. R. & R. Comrs. 



OXFORD COUNTY. 

The following ponds only are open to ice fishing as 
provided in the general law, all others being closed. 

North and Bird Ponds, in the town of Norway; the 
five Kezars, Moose, Bear, Long, Two Spec, Pappose 
and Mc Wain Ponds, in the town of Waterford ; Knee- 
land, Songo, Burnt Land and Crocker Ponds, in town 
of Albany; Proctor Pond in the towns of Albany and 
Stoneham; Upper Stone or Virginia Lake, and Horse 
Shoe Ponds, in Stoneham; Bradley, Farrington and 
Slab City Ponds in the town of Lovell ; Moose, Beaver, 
Long, Grandeur and Little Ponds in Denmark; Love- 
weli/s, Clay, Haley, Charles, Pleasant, Lower Kim- 
ball and Bog Ponds situated wholly or partly in Frye- 
burg; Rattle Snake and Burnt Meadow Ponds in 
Brownfield; Moose and Mud Ponds in Paris; Hogan 
and Whitney Ponds in Oxford; the two Clemons 
Ponds, Bungamuck Pond in Hartford; Keyes and 
Stearns Ponds in Sweden; Bickford, Long and Col- 
cord Ponds in Porter; North Pond in Greenwood and 
Woodstock; and Half Moon Pond. Sec. 1, ch. 407, P. 
& S. L., 1903, am. by ch. 159, P. & S. L., 1905. North 



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Pond, in towns of Buckfield and Sumner, open for 
pickerel fishing only through the ice. Ch. 182, P. & S. 
L., 1907. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Abbott Pond, so-called, 
in the town of Sumner, from September first of each 
year until June first of the following year. Ch. 168, 
P. & S. L., 1911. 

There shall be an annual close time for fishing for 
any kind of fish in Tom Pond, so-called, sometimes 
called Thomas Pond or Lake Keoka, in the town of 
Waterford, from the first day of October of each year 
to the fifteenth day of June of the following year, both 
days inclusive, during which close time it shall be un- 
lawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish 
at any time in said lake. It shall also be unlawful for 
any person to have in possession any kind of fish taken 
in close time in the above named lake. Ch. 31, P. & 
S. L., 1911. 

In Keoka Lake, no person shall take, catch or kill 
more than ten black bass in any one day. Ch. 407, P. 
& S. L., 1903, sec. 3. 

Jenne Pond, in Mexico, (and in Carthage, Franklin 
Co.) closed to all ice fishing except for pickerel. P. & 
S. L., 1905, ch. 159. 

Thompson Pond and tributaries, in Cumberland, Ox- 
ford and Androscoggin counties (see Androscoggin 
county) . 

Round Pond, in Greenwood, open to ice fishing from 
Feby. 1st of each year until the ice is out of said pond 
the following spring. Ch. 15, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Spectacle Pond, in Porter, the Stanley Ponds, in 
Hiram, Traeton and Jay Bird Ponds, open to ice fish- 
ing. Ch. 225, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time from September 1 of each 
year to June 1 of the following year, in Overset Pond, 



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in the town of Greenwood; during open season on this 
pond it shall be unlawful for any one person in any- 
one day to catch and kill more than 5 trout and land- 
locked .salmon in all in said pond. Ch. 169, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

(Note special ice fishing law on Lower Kezar Pond 
below. ) 

TRIBUTARIES CLOSED AND SPECIAL REGU- 
LATIONS. 

The tributaries to the following named lakes and 
ponds are closed to all fishing. Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & 
S. L., 1903- 

Anasagunticook Lake in Canton and Hartford, the 
tributaries to Little Bear Pond in Hartford and Tur- 
ner, the tributaries to Howard's Pond in Hanover (see 
law below on Meadow Brook,) the tributaries to Lake 
Pennesseewassee and Little PennesseewassEE in 
Norway, the tributaries to Garland Pond and Roxbury 
Pond, Rapid River from the swing bridge at the Ox- 
ford Club House to Lake Umbagog, the tributaries to 
Songo Pond in Albany, the tributaries to Pickerel 
Pond in Denmark. It shall also be unlawful, for any 
person to fish in any of the tributaries to Indian Pond, 
South Pond and Twitchell Pond, in the town of 
Greenwood. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to take or catch any 
black bass, pickerel, or any other fish from Lower 
Kezar Pond, Fryeburg, or any of its tributaries for 
sale, or to sell the same, and no person shall take more 
than fifteen pounds of fish in any one day from said 
Lower Kezar Pond or its tributaries. 

Section 2. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take or 
catch any of the fish mentioned in section one, while 
fishing through the ice in any of the above named 
waters except during the months of March and April, 



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and then only as provided by the general laws, regu- 
lating the use of lines while so fishing. The number 
of pounds to be taken, as provided in section one. Ch. 
214, P. & S. L., 1909- 

It shall be unlawful for any one person in any one 
day to take, catch or kill more than ten black bass in 
Upper Kezar Pond., or to take any smelts at any time, 
in any of the tributaries of said pond, (except Mill 
Brook). Ch. 407, P. & S. L,., 1903 and P. & S. L.," 1905, 
Ch. 261.) 

Great Brook, in Stoneham, closed only from its 
mouth up to the falls near the Hilton McAllister place. 
Tributaries not closed. 

(Note below special laws on this book closing it as 
above indicated : 

"It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
at any time any kind of fish in Great Brook or its 
tributaries, in Stoneham. Ch. 79, P. & S. L., 1905." 

"So much of Ch. 79, P. & S. L., of J905, as prohibits 
fishing in Great Brook, in Stoneham, above the falls on 
said brook near the Hilton McAllister place, and in 
the tributaries to said Great Brook, including Beaver 
Brook, Willard Brook, Shirley Brook and Red Rock 
Brook, in accordance with the general law, is hereby 
repealed. Ch. 266, P. & S. L., 1909.") 

Note: The taking of smelts is permitted, however, 
in Great Brook and in Cold Brook: 

Sec. 1. It shall be lawful to take smelts at any 
time in Great Brook and in Cold Brook, in the towns 
of Stoneham and Lovell. * * * 

Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with 
this act are hereby repealed. Ch. 207, P. and S. L., 
1911. 

For a period of four years from November 1, A. D., 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in 
Beaver Brook, so-called, in the town of Stoneham. 



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Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person at 
any time to have in possession any fish taken in viola- 
tion of the above regulations. R. & R. Comrs. 

Round Pond, in Greenwood, and North Pond, in 
Woodstock, tributaries closed. P. & S. L., 1907, ch. 
266. 

All fishing except for suckers in the usual way, pro- 
hibited in all tributaries, direct and indirect, of Han- 
cock 'and Sand Ponds, in Sebago and Denmark, for 
four years from April 24, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

Little Saco River and branches, in Fryeburg and 
Brownfield, closed to all fishing except from May 1 to 
Aug. 1, of each year, for a period of four years from 
April 24, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

Brook Kedar and its tributaries, the Kingman and 
Plummer Brooks, situated in Waterford, are hereby 
closed until May 1, 1912, to all fishing except the taking 
of smelts and suckers in the usual way. R. & R. Comrs. 

Sec. 1. Stony Brook and tributaries, in Paris and 
Hebron, are closed to all fishing except on Tuesdays 
and Fridays of each week, from May 1 to Oct. 1, of 
each year until May 1, 1913. 

Sec. 2. On Tuesdays and Fridays when it is lawful 
to fish in this brook and its tributaries according to 
section 1, no person shall catch more than 40 fish in 
any one day from this brook or any of its tributaries. 
Ch. 185, P. L., 191 1. R- & R- Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kilt 
any kind of fish at any time in any of the tributaries 
of Big Concord Pond, in the town of Woodstock, ex- 
cept it shall be lawful to fish in any of said tributaries 
on Wednesday and on Friday of each week in accord- 
ance with the general law of the state. Ch. 347, P. & 
S. L., 1905, and ch. 57, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

For a period of two years from September first 191 1, 
it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish in Shagg Pond or in Lit- 



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tle Concord Pond at any time from Sept. first of each 
year until June first of the following year. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

For a period of four years' from November first, 
iqio, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in any 
of the tributaries to said Shagg Pond. 

For a period of four years from November first, 1910, 
it shall be unlawful for any person, during open sea- 
son on Shagg Pond and Little Concord Pond, to take, 
catch or kill more than three trout and salmon in all 
in any one day from either of said ponds. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

For a period of four years from November first, 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any fish taken in violation of the above regu- 
lations. R. & R. Comrs. 

It shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill any trout 
less than nine inches in length, in Overset, Round 
South, Indian, Twitcheu, or Hick Ponds in Green- 
wood, or in North Pond, in Greenwood and Wood- 
stock, or in Bryant's Pond, Big Concord or Little 
Concord Ponds, in Woodstock, or in Shagg or Abbott 
Ponds, in Sumner. Ch. 212, P. & S. L., 1909. 

In accordance with the provisions of section 40, chap- 
ter 32, Revised Statutes, the Commissioners of Inland 
Fisheries and Game, at a regular meeting of the Board, 
held on August 8th, A. D. 1910, voted to adopt the fol- 
lowing regulations in order to protect the spawning 
beds of fish, in Bemis Stream, in compliance with peti- 
tion of Edwin S. Cummings, of Bemis, and 9 others: 
It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill, 
any kind of fish, at any time, in Bemis Stream, so- 
called, from the first railroad trestle up, from August 
15th to October first of each year, for a period of 4 
years from Aug. i5,'i9io. 



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The tributaries to Bryant Pond, in Woodstock, 
closed to all fishing by ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 

Note following amendment to this law : 

So much of chapter '407 of the Private and Special 
laws of 1903, as amended, as prohibits fishing in Vil- 
lage Brook, so-called, a tributary to Bryant Pond, 
which pond is situated in the town of Woodstock, above 
the bridge at the east end of Bryant Pond village, so- 
called, in accordance with the general law of the state, 
is hereby repealed. Provided, however, that this act 
shall not take effect until a screen shall have been 
placed across said Village Brook at said bridge, with- 
out expense to the state, by the citizens of Oxford 
county, under the direction of, and by permission of the 
Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game. Pro- 
vided, further, that the commissioners may authorize 
any inland fish and game warden, or deputy inland fish 
and game warden, to take pickerel at any time in said 
Village Brook from said bridge to said pond, for the 
purpose of protecting the small trout in said brook. 
Ch. 180, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

For a period' of four years from November 1, A. D., 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, 
take, catch, or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in 
Shepard River, so-called, or in any of its tributaries, 
situated in the town of Brownfield, except between 
May 15th and July 15th of each year, both dates inclu- 
sive, during which open season on said river and its 
tributaries, it shall be lawful to fish as now provided in 
the general law of the State. 

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to have 
in possession at any time any fish taken in close season 
in any of the above named waters. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from September first, 
A. D., 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish at any time in Beaver Bog and 
Beaver Bog Brook, so-called, a tributary to West Rich- 



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ardson Pond; it shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession at any time any kind of fish taken 
from the above-named waters during the same period. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

The two West Richardson Ponds, the two East 
Richardson Ponds and the two Beaver Ponds closed 
to all fishing except in the ordinary method of casting 
with artificial flies or fly fishing, and no person shall 
catch and kill more than 10 fish in one day in these 
ponds. Ch. 191, P. & S. L., 1907. 

Sec. 1. For a period of four years from November 
1, A. D., 1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to 
fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish, at any time, 
in any of the tributaries to Highland Lake, in the 
town of Bridgton, County of Cumberland, and in the 
town of Sweden, County of Oxford. 

Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person at 
any time to have in possession any kind of fish taken 
in violation of the above regulations. R. and R. Comrs. 

Section 1. For a period of four years from April 24, 
A. D., 191 1, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any trout or landlocked salmon 
in Burnt Meadow Pond, so-called, in the town of 
Brownfield, or in any of the tributaries to said pond. 
It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any trout or landlocked salmon taken in 
violation of any provision of these rrles and regula- 
tions. R. & R. Comrs. 

Ward's Brook, Ward's Pond and Walker's Pond, 
so-called, closed except between the first day of May 
and August of each year, cannot fish therein except with 
rod and single line and artificial flies or fly fishing. 
Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, sec. 3. 

Ellis River and its tributaries situated in Andover, 
Andover West, North Surplus, and Roxbury, and 
Townships C and D, closed except on Tuesdays, Thurs- 
days and Saturdays during the months of May, June 



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and July, and to the fifteenth day of August of each 
year. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, sec. 3. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for in any way, or catch 
any fish of any kind in Sunday Pond, Long Pond, 
Wells Pond, Otter Pond, Rump Pond, Billings Pond, 
Barker's Pond, M. T. Abbey Pond, Upper and Lower 
Black Ponds, and Cupsuptic Pond except by the ordi- 
nary method of casting with artificial flies or fly fish- 
ing. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

It shall be unlawful for any person, camping party 
or family to kill or carry away more than twenty perch 
in all in any one day from Whitney, Hogan or Tripp 
Ponds. Ch. 380, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Meadow Brook, the main inlet of Howard's Pond, in 
Hanover, is closed, and also the tributaries to this 
brook, and the outlet of Meadow Brook, above which 
it is unlawful to fish, is a line drawn through a. large 
rock known as Indian rock, in the bed of the brook, 
a short distance from the point or corner of Fannie 
Holt's land, on the easterly side, and running at right 
angles with the thread of the stream, across the same 
to the westerly shore of the brook. P. & S. L., 1907, 
ch. 372. 

Rapid River is closed to fishing except in the ordi- 
nary way of casting with artificial flies or fly fishing; 
Umbagog Lake shall not be fished in except in the 
ordinary way of casting with artificial flies or fly fish- 
ing or by the usual method of trolling, and no person or 
party can catch, kill or have in possession more than 10 
pounds of fish in one day taken from said waters. Ch. 
197, P. & S. L-, 1907. Notices must be posted. 

"B" Pond in Upton, is closed to fishing except in the 
ordinary method of casting with artificial flies, or fly 
fishing. Notices must be posted. Ch. 170, P. & S. L., 
1907. 

Sunday River in Riley PI. and in Newry and Bethel, 
and tributaries closed to all fishing, except it shall be 



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lawful to fish in said Sunday river, below the mouth 
of Bull branch, so-called, to the main Androscoggin 
river, from May 15 to June 15th of each year. Notices 
must be posted. Ch. 142, P. & S. L-, 1907. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Dead Cambridge River, 
in Upton and Township C Surplus, from Umbagog 
lake to C. pond, or in any of the tributaries to said river 
except Swiet Cambridge River, or in any of the trib- 
utaries to said C. Pond, which pond is in T. "G" Sur- 
plus, except in the ordinary method of casting with 
artificial flies or fly fishing. Ch. 99, P. & S. L., 1909- 

(See law on Swift river, under "Franklin county.") 

It shall be unlawful for any person in any one day 
to take, catch, or kill more than ten black bass in Penn- 
Esseewassee Lake or in the Bog, so-called, in the town 
of Norway, in the county of Oxford. It shall also be 
unlawful for any person to have in possession any 
black bass taken in violation of this section. Ch. 232, 
P. & S. L., 1911. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for a term of six 
years from the time this act takes effect, (June 30, 191 1) 
to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish in Spear 
Stream, so-called, or in any of its tributaries, in Peru, 
except it may be lawful to fish in Spear Stream and 
in any of the tributaries of Spear Stream, so-called, 
on Tuesday and Saturday of each week, in accordance 
with the general law of the state. Ch. 99, P. & S. L., 
1911. 

It shall be unlawful for six years from July 3, 1909, 
to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish in any of 
the tributaries to WortheEy Pond, (this pond is in 
Peru) except to take smelts with a dip net. Ch. 186, 
P. & S. L., 1909. 

For a period of five years from June 30, 191 1, 
it shall be unlawful for any person to take, 
catch or kill any trout less than nine inches in length 



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in Hall Pond, in the town of Paris; it shall also be 
unlawful for any person to have in possession any 
trout less than nine inches in length taken from said 
Hall Pond; it shall also be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch or kill more than five trout in said Hall 
Pond in any one day during said period of five years 
from June 30, 191 1. Ch. 108, P. & S. L., 191 *• 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in the Megalloway River, 
above Aziscohos Falls, including the tributaries of said 
river above said Falls, or in Upper or Lower Metallic 
or Lincoln Ponds or Parmachenee Lake, except in 
the ordinary method of angling with artificial flies or 
fly fishing. 

It shall be unlawful for any one person in any one 
day to take, catch or kill more than 10 pounds of fish 
in all in any of said waters. Ch. 138, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to transport be- 
yond the limits of this state more than five pounds of 
fish in all in any one day taken from the Megalloway 
Waters, so-called, in the County of Oxford, for a 
period of four years from July 12, A. D. 1910. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

For a period of four years from July 1, 1910, it shall 
be unlawful for any person, at any time, to fish in 
Metalluc Brook above the northerly end of the Wood 
Island, on the right hand side of the brook as you en- 
ter, except in the ordinary way of fishing with arti- 
ficial flies, known as fly fishing. This part of Metalluc 
Brook thus restricted to fly fishing is situated in Ox- 
ford County. R. & R. Comrs. 

During the open season on white perch provided in 
the general law of the state, it shall be unlawful for 
any one person in any one day to take, catch or kill 
or have in possession more than 20 white perch taken, 
caught or killed in Ellis Pond, sometimes called Rox- 
bury Pond, in Roxbury and Byron. Ch. 137, P. & S. 
L., 1909- 



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It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any t'me in any of the tributaries 
to Marshall Pond, situated wholly or partly in Ox- 
ford, except it shall be lawful to fish in that portion of 
Donham Brook, a tributary to said pond, which is 
down stream from a certain rock with staples driven 
therein. Ch. 77, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kil! 
any kind of fish at any time in the pools from and be- 
low the dam to the big rock at the mouth of the river 
at Upper Dam, except in the ordinary way of casting 
with artificial flies or fly fishing. Ch. 174, P. & S. L. r 
1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Molridgewock Pond 
or stream, in Upton, except in the ordinary way of 
angling with artificial flies or fly fishing. It shall be 
unlawful to fish for, take, or kill any kind of fish at any 
time in the inlet of said Molridgewock Pond. Chi 
195, P. & S. L., 1909. 

PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 

Cold Stream Pond, in Enfield, closed to ice fishing. 
P. & S. L., ch. 407, sec. 1, 1903. 

Brewer Pond, (or Hines pond) in Orrington and 
Bucksport, closed to ice fishing. P. and S. L., 1905, 
Ch. 265. 

Dexter Pond, in Dexter, tributaries closed. P. & S. 
L., ch. 407, sec. 2, 1903. 

InlyAKE Sebasticook no person shall catch or have 
in possession more than eight pounds of white perch 
in one day taken from this lake, and only for consump- 
tion in his own family. Sebasticook river is closed to 
all fishing from the fish screen or Middle bridge to 
Sebasticook lake. Ch. 356, P. & S. L., 1907, and ch. 
209, P. & S. L., 1909. 



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In addition to the close season for fishing now pro- 
vided by the general law of the state, it shall be un- 
lawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish 
at any time from April first to July first of each year in 
Foi^som Stream, so-called, a tributary to Lake Sebas- 
ticook, so-called, which lake is situated in the town 
of Newport, from the woolen mill dam in Corinna to 
its junction with said Lake Sebasticook, or in Stetson 
Stream, so-called, a tributary to said Lake Sebasticook, 
from the lower mill dam in Stetson village to its junc- 
tion with said Lake Sebasticook, or in any other tribu- 
tary to said Lake Sebasticook in said town of New- 
port, or in that portion of Lake Sebasticook lying north 
and east of a straight line drawn from Sandy point, 
so-called, on the east shore of said lake, in a north- 
easterly direction, to the Maine Central Railroad Com- 
pany's culvert on the west shore, or in Durham bridge 
cove, so-called, or at any point within six hundred 
yards from the center of Durham bridge, so-called. 

It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any kind of fish taken in violation of any 
provision of this section. Ch. 150, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

Chemo Pond, the tributaries to, are closed for a dis- 
tance of one mile up the stream from the mouth of 
each tributary. Notices to be posted. Ch. 171, P. & S. 
L., 1907- 

Penobscot Stream, in Dexter village, from the rail- 
road bridge to the mill, including the two artificial 
ponds formed by the dam, closed to all fishing for 
four years from June 24, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

In addition to the general law it shall be unlawful for 
any one person in any one day to catch and kill more 
than six pickerel in or from Etna Pond, situated in the 
towns of Carmel, Stetson and Etna, or in Parker 
Pond, situated in the towns of Carmel and Etna, and 
no pickerel shall be taken from these waters except for 
consumption in the family of the person taking the 



same, for 4 years from March 4, 1910. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time 
in the North Branch of Sourdabscook Stream, or Car- 
ter Brook, so-called, or in any of the tributaries to said 
North Branch of Sourdabscook Stream, in the town 
of Etna and in the town of Carmel, in the county of 
Penobscot, for a period of four years from June 10, 
A. D., 191 1. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession any kind of fish taken in violation 
of these regulations. 

For a period of four years from August 22nd, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish in Campbell Brook, sometimes called 
Titcomb Brook, in the town of Levant, except on 
Wednesday and Saturday of each week, on which days 
it shall be lawful to fish in said brook in accordance 
with the general law of the state. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from August 22nd, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any one person to take, 
catch or kill in any one day more than twenty-five fish 
in all in Sam Ayers Brook, so-called, Madunkunk 
Brook, so-called, Trout Brook, so-called, or Ebb Horse 
Stream, so-called, situated wholly or partly in the town 
of Chester, or in any of the tributaries to said brooks 
and stream. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from August 22nd, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch 
or kill in any one day more than twenty-five fish in all 
in Cold Brook, so-called, situated in the town of Med- 
ford, in the county of Piscataquis, and in the town of 
Lagrange, in the county of Penobscot. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from August 22, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Roberts Rock Brook, 
.so-called, in the town of Medford, in the county of Pis- 



cataquis, and in the town of Lagrange, in the county 
of Penobscot. R. & R. Comrs. 

Ware; Pond, in Lee, closed to ice fishing. Ch. 206, 
P. & S. L., 1909- 

The Puffer Ponds, in Dexter, closed to all ice fish- 
ing. Ch. 123, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Davis Pond, in T. 5, R. 7, closed to ice fishing. No 
person can take, catch and kill more than five fish in 
any one day in this pond during open season. Ch. 164, 
P. & S. L., 1909- 

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or 
kill in Lake Pushaw and its tributaries, located west 
of Old Town, more than 10 pounds of pickerel in any 
one day; and no person shall otherwise dispose of said 
pickerel so caught than to convey them to his own 
home for consumption therein. Ch. 100, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time, for a period of two years 
from June 30, 191 1, in Little Pushaw Pond, so-called, 
in the town of Hudson. It shall also be unlawful to 
have in possession any kind of fish taken in violation of 
this section. Ch. 33, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any 
kind of fish on or through the ice in Lake Wassokeag,. 
so-called, in the town of Dexter, except on Wednesday 
and Saturday of each week said pond is closed by ice, 
on which days it shall be lawful to fish through the ice 
in said pond in accordance with the general law of 
the state. Provided, however, it shall be unlawful for 
any person to take, catch or kill in any one day while 
fishing through the ice in said lake more than ten 
pounds of fish in all. It shall also be unlawful for 
any person to have in possession any kind of fish taken 
in violation of any provision of this section. Ch. 43, P. 
& S. L., 1911. 



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It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish on or through the ice in Fitts Pond, 
sometimes called Little Fitts Pond, in the towns of 
Clifton and Eddington for a period of five years from 
November first, 191 1, except from February first of 
each year until the ice is out of said pond in the spring, 
during which time it shall be lawful to fish in said pond 
through the ice in accordance with the general law of 
the state. It shall also be unlawful to have in pos- 
session any kind of fish taken in violation of any pro- 
vision of this section. Ch. 105, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to catch 
or kill more than 15 fish of the following kinds, viz: 
Trout, pickerel, white perch, black bass and landlocked 
salmon, in any one day, in either Mattenawcook Lake 
or the following ponds emptying therein, viz : Long 
Pond, Crooked Pond and Folsom Pond, all within the 
town of Lincoln, from May 1 to Dec. 1, but nothing 
herein shall change the close time on fish in said lakes 
and ponds as now provided by the general law. 

Section 2. No person shall catch in any one day, 
while fishing through the ice in any of the lakes or 
ponds named in section 1 of this act, more than five fish 
of the following kinds, viz : White perch and pickerel. 
Ch. 67, P. & S. L., 1909. 

DRIFT NETS— PENOBSCOT RIVER. 

Chapter 453 of Private and Special Laws, 1901, pro- 
vides : Drift nets, of a mesh not less than 2^ inches 
square, may be used by inhabitants of this state, from 
6 o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday to 6 o'clock 
in the afternoon of Saturday of each week, during open 
season, in fishing for and taking salmon in the Penob- 
scot river from the Water Works' dam at Bangor to 
the mouth of Seboeis river, so-called, on the east 
branch of said Penobscot, provided, however, that no 



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salmon shall be so taken between said points in said 
river except for the purpose of consumption in the 
homes of the inhabitants so taking, and that no drift 
net shall be used within 300 yards of any dam or mill 
race on said river. 

Section 2, Chapter 191, Private and Special Laws, 
1899. If in the judgment of the commissioners of 
inland fisheries and game, the privileges granted by 
section one are abused, misused or are detrimental to 
the proper propagation of the salmon fisheries on any 
part of the Penobscot river, said commissioners shall 
have power and are hereby authorized to suspend the 
operation of this act. 



PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. 

It is lawful to fish through the ice in the following 
named waters in this county — and no others : 

Fourth Buttermilk and Little Benson Ponds, 
Seboeis Lake, Cedar Lake, Ebemee Ponds, Schoodic 
Lake, North and South Twin Lakes, Pemadumcook 
Lake, Ambajejus Lake, Debsconeag Lake, Nah- 
makanta lake, chesuncook lake, sebec lake, flrst 
Buttermilk Pond, Big Benson Pond, Big Huston 
Pond, Center Pond in Sangerville, Moosehead Lake, 
Jo Mary Lake, Caribou Lake, Lobster Lake, Cham- 
berlain Lake, Telos Lake, Webster Lake, Eagle 
Lake, Allagash Lake, Munsungan Lake, Milli- 
nocket Lake, Caucogomoc Lake, Churchill Lake, 
Chemquassabamticook Lake, Grand Lake, Second 
Lake, Ragged Lake, Pepper Pond, Large Greenwood 
Pond in Elliottsville and Willimantic, South Branch, 
Carpenter, LittlEeield and Fowler Ponds. Chs. 407, 
P. & S. L., 1903, as am. ch. 245, P. & S. L., 1905, and ch. 
164 P. & S. L., 1909. 



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Boyd Lake closed to ice fishing except pickerel from 
ist day of December to ist day of April. Ch. 292, P. 
& S. L., 1907. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish on or through the ice in Whetstone 
Pond, so-called, situated in the town of Kingsbury and 
in the town of Blanchard; it shall also be unlawful for 
any person to have in possession any kind of fish taken 
on or through the ice in said Whetstone pond. Ch. 
104, P. & S. L., 1911. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in 
Little Lobster Lake, so-called, for a period of two 
years from June 30, 191 1. 

Section 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession any kind of fish at any time taken 
in violation of the provisions of the first section of this 
act. Ch. 20, P. & S. L., 191 1. 



TRIBUTARIES CLOSED. 

The tributaries to Lake Hebron in Monson, Twin 
and Doughty Ponds, known as Ship and Bear Ponds 
in Elliottsville PL; Ship Pond Stream above Buck's 
Falls ; the Outlet of Garland Pond in Sebec ; the trib- 
utaries to Lake Onawa in Elliottsville PI. ; the tribu- 
taries to Moosehead Lake except Moose river; Davis 
Stream in Willimantic closed, and Monson Pond 
Stream, a tributary to Davis Stream ; Vaughn 
Stream, a tributary to Long Pond Stream closed; 
Wilson Stream, a tributary to Sebec Lake, closed; 
Wilson River, between Wilson Pond and Tobey 
Falls, in Willimantic, closed to all fishing, except the 
river between Wilson Pond to Tobey Falls is open 
from May 15 to Oct. 1. Sec. 2, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 
1903. 



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Alder 'Stream, in Brownville, Milo and Medford, 
closed for five years from July 3, 1909. Ch. 175, P. 
& S. L., 1909. 

Thorn Brook, in Abbot, Kingsbury and Blanchard, 
closed from its outlet into the South Branch of the 
Piscataquis river, known as Kingsbury Stream, in 
Abbot, to Decker Falls, in Kingsbury, a distance of 
about five miles, including the dead water at the foot 
of Whetstone Pond for four years from July 3, 1909. 
Ch. 22, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Roach River open only from the dam to the mouth 
of the tributary called Lazy Tom for fly fishing only 
during June, July and August. Ch. 158, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

Big Lyford Pond, fly fishing only. Ch. 81, P. & S. 
L-, 1907- 

Upper and Lower Wilson Ponds, tributaries closed 
until June 24, 1912. R. & R. Comrs. 

Little Huston Pond, K. I. Works Township, fly 
fishing only. Ch. 407, P. & S. L-, 1903. 

Shadow Pond, in Squaw Mt. T., at Greenville JcU 
open from June 1 to August 1; fly fishing only. Ch. 
no, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Garland Pond, Sebec, closed from Sept. 1 to June 
1 of the following year until Sept. 1, 1913. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

(See Cold Brook and Roberts Rock Brook, under 
Penobscot county, partly in this county.) 



SOMERSET COUNTY. 

It is lawful to fish through the ice in the following 
named ponds and lakes in this county: 

Moosehead Lake, Morrill Pond, (see ch. 319, P. & 
S. L., 1903), Palmer Pond in Mayfield; Ellis, Round 
and Ten-Thousand Acre Ponds in T. 1, R. 6, known 



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as the Ten-Thousand Acre Township; RowEll Pond 
in Solon; Smith Pond and Oaks Pond in Cornville; 
Pickerel Pond in Flagstaff; Gilman Pond in Lexing- 
ton; Sibley Pond in Canaan; Fahi and Sandy Ponds 
in Embden; Wyman and Weeks Ponds in Brighton; 
Great Moose Lake (name changed from Moose Pond. 
Ch. 196, P. & S. L., 1909) ; Mud, Staeford, and Star- 
bird Ponds in Hartland; Douglass Pond in Palmyra; 
Gammon Pond, situated partly in Somerset and partly 
in Franklin county; Brassua Lake; Mayeield and 
Kingsbury Ponds, Dead Stream Pond and Lower 
Cold Stream Pond, Horseshoe Pond, in 10,000 Acre 
township; lawful to fish in Hayden Lake through ice 
from daylight to sunset on Saturdays, and in Great 
Embden Pond on Saturdays during February and 
March. 

Little Big Wood Pond closed to ice fishing for 5 
years from July 3, 1909. 

Chapters 407, P. & S. L., 1903, chs. 66, 75, 197, 250, 
328, 217 and 173, P. & S. L., 1907, and ch. 216, P. & 
S. L., 1909- 

May fish through ice in White's Pond, in Palmyra, 
on Wednesday of each week, but no person can take 
more than 20 fish at any time in one day from this 
pond. R. & R. Comrs. Ex. Mar. 1, 1913. 

Cusk. It is lawful to fish for cusk in the night time 
in all the Moose River Waters, in Somerset county. P. 
& S. L., ch. 172, 1907. 

So much of chapter four hundred and seven of the 
private and special laws of 1903, as amended, as pro- 
hibits fishing through the ice for trout and togue, on 
Saturday of each week, during February, March and 
April of each year, in accordance with the general law 
of the state, in Wood Pond, sometimes called Big Wood 
Pond, situated in Jackman plantation, and in town- 
ship number five, range one, N. B. K. P., known as 
Attean township, and in township number five, range 



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two, N. B. K. P., known as Dennistown, is hereby 
repealed. Ch. 191, P. & S. L., 1911. 

It shall be lawful to fish through the ice in Rodgers 
or Ripley Pond, so-called, in the town of Ripley, on 
Wednesday of each week; during the open season for 
ice fishing in said Rodgers or Ripley pond, so-called, 
provided by this section, it shall be unlawful for any 
person to take, catch, kill or have in possession more 
than ten fish in all in any one day taken from said 
pond. Not more than five set lines can be used by one 
family while fishing through the ice, as provided in 
this section, in said Rodgers or Ripley pond, so-called. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to have in pos- 
session any kind of fish taken in close season in said 
Rodgers or Ripley pond. Ch. 9, P. & S. L., 191 1. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS ON FALL BROOK 
REPEALED. 

The rules and regulations regarding fishing in Fall, 
Brook, or in any of the tributaries to said brook, in the 
towns of Solon, Bingham, Brighton Plantation and 
Mayfield Plantation, above the old Leander Cooley 
mill dam, which is just below the mouth of Johnson- 
Stream, adopted by the commissioners of inland fish- 
eries and game on June 22, 1908, which expire on June 
24, 1912, are hereby repealed. R. & R. Comrs. 



SPECIAL LAWS ON TRIBUTARIES AND OTH- 
ER SPECIAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for any kind of fish in 
any of the tributaries to the following lakes and ponds r 

Tributaries to Lake George in Canaan; Barrett 
Brook and its tributaries, and Beaver Brook in Holeb; 
the brooks forming the outlet of Fish Pond and Little 



Fish Pond and Big Gule Stream and Little GueF 
Stream; the tributaries to Hayden Lake in Madison; 
Mosquito Stream, an inlet of MoxiE Pond in The 
Forks PL, E. Moxie and Bald Mt. townships, to low- 
water mark in said Moxie Pond; the tributaries to 
Great Embden Pond in Embden; Misery Stream, an 
inlet of Brassua Lake ; the tributaries to Great Moose 
Lake, in Hartland and Harmony, except Main 
Stream ; Goodwin's Brook and Higgins Stream below 
the first dam on said Higgins Stream ; the west outlet 
of MoosEhead Lake; the tributaries to Parein or 
Lang Pond in T. 3, R. 7, and Lang Stream and trib- 
utaries. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903- Sec. 2, and ch. 
196, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Jimmy Brook in Cambridge and Parkman, a tribu- 
tary to Main Stream, closed to all fishing for four 
years from July 3, 1909. Ch. 165, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Bolt Brook, in Bald Mt. T ., closed to all fishing. 
Ch. 179, P. & S. L., 1905, and ch. 158, P. & S. L., 1911- 

For 2 years from July 1, 191 1, unlawful to fish in 
Tobey Stream in Fairfield except on Wednesday of 
each week, in accordance with the general law. R. & 
R. Comrs. 

For 4 years from July 1, 1909, unlawful to fish in 
that part of Johnson Brook, in Pittsfield, which is 
above the south line of P. H. Watson's farm, said line 
being the line between the land of P. H. Watson, in 
Pittsfield, and A. W. Fletcher, in Burnham. R. & R- 
Comrs. 

Barker Pond, in Cornville, closed to all fishing for 
4 years from July 1, 1909. R. & R. Comrs. 

For 4 years from July 1, 1909, unlawful to fish in 
tributaries to Big and Little Indian Ponds, in St. 
Albans. R. & R. Comrs. 

Sec. 3, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. It shall be unlawful 
to take, kill or carry away more than 2 fish of any kind 



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(eels and suckers excepted) or 10 pounds of fish, in 
any one day from Spring Lake, so-called. 

East Carry Pond, unlawful to take, catch or kill 
with artificial fly or fly fishing more than 25 trout in 
one day in said pond, also unlawful to take or carry 
away more than 15 pounds of trout in a day from said 
pond. Notices must be posted. Ch. 174, P. & S. L., 
1907. 

Unlawful for any person or occupants of any one 
boat to take, catch or kill more than 10 pounds of fish 
in all in any one day in Pleasant Pond. Ch. 223, P. 
& S. L., 1909. 

Unlawful for any person to take, catch, kill or have 
in possession more than 15 lbs. of fish in one day taken 
from Pierce Pond. Ch. 249, P. & S. L., 1909. This 
pond closed to ice fishing by same law. 

Unlawful to take, kill or have in possession more 
than 10 pounds of landlocked salmon, trout or togue 
in all in one day in any of the brooks, streams, rivers, 
ponds or lakes in T. 1, 2, 3, 4, K. 5 ; T. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, R. 
6; T. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, R. 7— all in B. K. P. W. K. R.; 
T. 2, 3, 4, (Jackman) 5, 6, R. 1 ; T. 2, 3, 4, (Moose 
river), 5 and 6, R. 2; T. 2, 3, 4, and 5, R. 3 ; T. 3 and 
4, R. 4; T. 3 and 4, R- 5, all N. B. K. P. Ch. 278, P. 
& S. L., 1909. 

Tributaries to Hancock Pond closed for four years 
from June 24, 1908. R. & R. Comrs. 

Sec. 1. So much of the Rules and Regulations of the 
Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and Game now in 
force as prohibits all fishing in the tributaries to Flag- 
staff Pond, which pond is situated in Flagstaff Planta- 
tion, in the County of Somerset, is hereby repealed to 
take effect on June first, A. D., 191 1. 

Sec. 2. For a period of four years from June first, 
A. D., 191 1, it shall be unlawful for any person to 
take, catch or kill more than fifteen fish in all in any 



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one day in any of the tributaries to said Flagstaff 
Pond. 

Sec. 3. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any kind of fish taken in violation 
of any of the provisions of these regulations. R. & R. 
Comrs. 

Iron Bound Pond and Baker Pond and tributaries, 
in Solon, closed for four years from June 24, 1908. 
R. & R. Comrs. 

Only 10 pounds of trout can be taken or had in pos- 
session by one person in one day in Cold Stream and 
tributaries, including all the ponds flowing into said 
stream, said waters being in West Forks PI., Upper 
Cold Stream T., Misery T. and Johnson Mt. T., for 
four years from Aug. 1, 1907. R. & R. Comrs. 

Unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of 
fish at any time in Brown Brook or in Perry Pond 
or in any tributaries to said Perry pond, situated whol- 
ly or partly in Harmony, except on Tuesday and Friday 
of each week during the open season provided by the 
general law. Ch. 107, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Not more than 10 pounds of fish can be taken in 
Moxie Pond in one . day, and no person shall be per- 
mitted to carry away therefrom more than 15 lbs. of 
fish at the close of any one period of fishing regardless 
of how many days such period of fishing may cover. 
P. & S. L., 1905, ch. 260. 

Tributaries to Moxie, (except Sandy Stream) 
and tributaries of Mosquito, the Dimmick Ponds, 
Mountain and Baker Ponds closed to all fishing for 
four years from June 1, 1908. During the same period 
no person or party can take or have in possession more 
than 10 pounds of fish in all in any one day taken or 
caught from said Dimmick or Baker Ponds. The 
above named ponds closed to all fishing from Sept. 
15th to the time the ice goes out the following spring 
of each year for four years from Sept. 15, 1908. R. & 
R. Comrs. 



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NOTE FOLLOWING MODIFICATION OF 
ABOVE, RELATING TO MOXIE POND: 

Modification of Rules and Regulations relating to 
fishing in Moxie Pond, in Somerset County, adopted on 
May 25, 1908. 

Section 1. Section 3 of the Rules and Regulations 
adopted May 25, 1908, relating to fishing in Moxie, 
Mosquito, Little Dimmick, Big Dimmick, Mountain 
Dimmick and Baker Ponds, is hereby modified to read 
as follows : 

Section 3. All of the above named ponds, except 
Moxie Pond, are closed to all fishing from Sept. 15 of 
each year to the time the ice goes out of them the fol- 
lowing year for 3 years from Sept. 15, 1909. 

Note following special law on Sandy Stream, a trib- 
utary to Moxie Pond: 

It shall be lawful to fish in Sandy Stream, so-called, 
a tributary to Moxie Pond, in accordance with the 
general law of the state ; provided, however, that it 
shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or kill 
any trout in said Sandy Stream less than six inches in 
length ; it shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any trout less than six inches in 
length taken from said Sandy Stream. Ch. 212, P. 
& S. L., 1911. 

Section 1. For a period of four years from June 
sixth, A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful for any one per- 
son to take, kill or carry away from Grace Pond, so- 
called, situated in Township Number 3, Range 6, N. B. 
K. P., more than five pounds of fish in any one day. 
It shall also be unlawful for any one person to have in 
possession in any one day more than five pounds of fish 
taken from said Grace Pond. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. For a period of four years from June 
sixth, A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful for any one per- 
son to take, kill or carry away from Crocker Pond, so- 



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called, in Dennistown Plantation, in any one day more 
than five pounds of fish in all, or two fish. It shall 
also be unlawful for any one person to have in pos- 
session in any one day more than five pounds of fish in 
all, or two fish, taken from said Crocker Pond. R. 
& R. Comrs. 

Section I. For a period of four years from May 14, 
A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish at any time in Martin Pond, 
so-called, situated in The Forks Plantation; for a 
period of four years it shall be unlawful for any one 
person to take, catch or kill or have in possession at 
any one time more than five pounds of fish in all taken 
from Fish Pond, which pond is situated in the town- 
ship known as Moxie Gore. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. For a period of four years from May 12, 
A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish at any time in Parein Stream, 
so-called, the outlet of Lake Parein, or in any of the 
tributaries to said Parein Stream. R. & R. Comrs. 

For 4 years from Aug. 24, 1910, it shall be unlawful 
to take, catch, kill or have in possession more than 
five pounds of trout or landlocked salmon in all in 
any one day taken from the following named waters : 

All the ponds, streams, brooks and rivers in Town- 
ship Number Three, Range Six, the South Half known 
as "Upper Enchanted," the North Half known as 
"Grace Pond Tract," and in Township Number Three, 
Range Seven, known as Parlin Pond Town, and in 
Township Number Two, Range Six, known as Upper 
Cold Stream and Johnson Mountain Town, all of said 
waters being in B. K. P., W. K. R., in Somerset Coun- 
ty. Provided, however, that the above regulations shall 
not apply to Parlin Pond, so-called, in the County of 
Somerset. Provided, further, that the above regula- 
tions shall not interfere in any way with any existing 
laws or rules and regulations closing to all fishing any 



waters in the above named territory. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of four years from August 31st, 1910, 
it shall be unlawful for any person to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish at any time on Sunday in 
Barrett Pond, so-called, in Holeb. 

It shall also be unlawful during the same period for 
any person to take, catch or kill in any one day more 
than four fish in all in said Barrett Pond, or to have 
in possession in any one day more than four fish taken 
from said pond. R. & R. Comrs. 



WALDO COUNTY. 

Unity Pond, tributaries closed from first day of 
July to the first day of May; Sandy and Hai,f Moon 
Streams and their tributaries closed from the 1st day 
of July to the first day of May. P. & S. L., 1905, ch. 
259- 

Lake St. George, open season for white perch from 
June 1st to April 1st; unlawful for any person during 
the month of June to take, catch or kill more than 8 
pounds of white perch in one day in this lake, and only 
for consumption in his own family. Ch. 238, P. & S. 
L., 1905- 

Swan Lake, in Swanville, Frankfort and Searsport 
closed to ice fishing except for smelts; no trout less 
than 10 inches in length or landlocked salmon less than 
14 inches in length shall be caught or killed in this lake 
or in its tributaries. Ch. 175, P. & S. L., 1907. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Marsh Stream, so- 
called, except it shall be lawful to fish, in accordance 
with the general law of the state, from the mouth of 
said stream up as far as the bridge near Isaac Cook's 
residence, on the South West Branch, so-called, and as 
far as the bridge near Freeman Ritchie's residence, on 



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the North West Branch, so-called. It shall be unlawful 
to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any- 
time in any of the tributaries to said Marsh Stream, 
except during the month of May of each year it shall 
be lawful to fish in said streams in accordance with the 
general law of the state. It shall be unlawful to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in 
any of the brooks flowing into Northern Pond, so- 
called, in the town of Monroe. Ch. 173, P. & S. L., 
1909. 

(See Medomac river, Knox Co.) 

Sec. 1. For a period of four years from Nov. 1st, 
A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish, at any time, in 
LevenseeeEr Pond, so-called, in the town of Lincoln- 
ville. 

Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any fish taken in violation of the 
above regulations. R. & R. Comrs. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 

Lambert Lake tributaries closed. P. & S. L., sec. 
2, ch. 407, 1903. 

P. & S. L-, 1905, chs. 78, 203 and 212. It shall be 
unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish 
at any time except for consumption in one's home, in 
the waters of Baskahegan Lake and Stream, Hot 
Brook Lake and Stream, or their tributaries, and "in 
Schoodic Grand Lake, North Lake, Brackett Lake 
and their tributaries, and the waters between Schoodic 
Grand Lake and ChepEnticook Lake, or in Chepenti- 
cook Lake, sometimes called Spednic Lake, situated 
in the counties of Washington and Aroostook. 

Sec. 3, Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. Grand Lake 
Stream, the outlet of Grand lake, in Washington coun- 



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ty, and so much of Grand lake as is ioo yards above 
the dam at the outlet shall be closed to all fishing from 
October first to June first of the following year, and 
from said dam to a point one hundred yards below said 
-dam on said stream it shall be unlawful to fish for 
any kind of fish at any time, and it shall be unlawful 
•during open season on said stream and one hundred 
yards above the dam at the outlet of said lake, to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any fish by any other method 
than by the ordinary way of angling with rod and 
artificial flies. 

It shall be unlawful for any one person to take, catch, 
kill or have in possession in any one day more than 25 
pounds of black bass taken from any of the waters 
lying wholly or partly in the county of Washington. 
Ch. 396, P. & S. L., 1907. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill at 
any time any kind of fish in Indian River Stream, so- 
called, which stream is situated in the towns of Jones- 
boro, Addison and Columbia Falls, in the county of 
Washington, except during the months of April, May, 
June and July of each year, during which months it 
shall be lawful to fish for and" catch fish in said stream 
in accordance with the general law of the state, for 
a period of five years from July 3, 1912. Ch. 291, P. 
& S. L'., 1909, and ch. 6, P. and S. L., 191 1. 



YORK COUNTY. 

Bonneg Beg Pond, in Sanford and North Berwick, 
closed to ice fishing for all fish, tributaries closed. Ch. 
407, P. & S. I/., 1903. 

"L" Pond, in Sanford and Wells, closed to ice fish- 
ing; Messabesic Pond, sometimes called Shaker Pond, 
Litteefield Pond, in Alfred, Middle Branch Pond, in 
Alfred and Waterboro, are also closed to ice fishing; 



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Bunganeaut Pond, in Alfred and Lyman, close time 
from October i to May i. Ch. 407, P. & S. L., iox>3- 

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish at any time in BarteETT and 
Cook's Brook, so-called, from and beginning at its 
source, the outlet of BarteEtt Pond, situated in the 
towns of Lyman and Waterboro, and all its tributaries, 
to and as far as C. F. Clark and Son's mill pond, ex J 
cept Tuesdays and Fridays of each week during open 
season for fishing under the general law. This act shall 
be in force until the year 1912. 

Sec. 2. Sec. 3, ch. 126, P. & S. L., 1907, relating to 
fishing in Bartlett and Cook's brook, county of York, 
is hereby repealed. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any one person in 
any one day to take, catch or kill more than 20 fish in 
these waters. Ch. 65, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Mousam Long Pond, in Shapleigh and Acton, closed 
to all ice fishing. Ch. 283, P. & S. L., 1909. 

There shall be an annual close time for fishing for 
any kind of fish in Sokokis Lake, in Limerick, and all 
the tributary waters of said lake, including Brown's 
Brook, above the dam at Limerick's mills, in the towns 
of Limerick, Cornish and Parsonsfield, and Long Pond 
and West Pond, so-called, in Parsonsfield, at the head 
waters of said stream, as follows : It shall be unlawful, 
to fish in said waters for any kind of fish for a period 
of five years from May 1, 1907, except that during the 
month of August of each year bass and pickerel may 
be taken in the ordinary way with hook and line from 
the waters of said Sokokis Lake, and in said Long 
Pond and West Pond, from June 15th to Oct. 1st of 
each year, and that smelts may be taken from the tribu- 
taries of said Long Pond, in the usual way, during the 
months of April and May ; it is unlawful for one person 
to take more than 10 pounds of fish from said waters 
in one day. Notices must be posted. Ch. 184, P. & S- 
L., 1907. 



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Fenderson Brook and tributaries closed to all fishing 
until July i, 1913. Ch. 361, P. &• S. L., 1907, and ch. 
98, P. & S. L., 1911. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any trout at any time in Keay Brook, sometimes called 
Bog Brook, or in any of its tributaries, in the town of 
Lebanon, in York county, for a period of five years 
from July 3, 1909. Ch. 402, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawtul to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time, lor a period of two years 
from July 3, 1909, in Locke's Brook, so-called, or any 
of its tributaries, in the town of Hollis. Ch. 167, P. & 
S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any kind of fish at any time in Horn Pond, so-called, 
in the town of Limington, in York county, from the first 
day of October of each year to the first day of the 
following May. It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in Hanscom 
Brook, so-called, a tributary to Horn Pond. Ch. 159, 
P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch or kill 
any trout at any time in Goding Brook, so-called, or in 
any of its tributaries, in the towns of Lebanon and 
Acton, for a period of five years from July 3, 1909. 
Ch. 403, P- & S. L., 1909. 

Section 1. For a period of two years from May 
third, A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, 
catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in Whale- 
back Brook, so-called, in the town of Limington or in 
any of the tributaries to said brook. R. & R. Comrs. 

Section 1. For a period of two years from May 3, 
A. D. 1910, it shall be unlawful to fish for, take, catch 
or kill any kind of fish at any time in Swan Pond, in 
Lyman. 

Section 2. For a period of two years from May 3, 
A. D. 1912, it shall be lawful to fish in said Swan Pond 



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only on Monday and Saturday of each week, in accord- 
ance with the general law of the state. R. & R. Comrs. 

No person shall fish for, take, catch or kill any kind 
of fish at any time in Clarkson's Pond, so-called, sit- 
uated in the town of Kittery, for a period of three 
years from June 30, 191 1. 

It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any kind of fish taken in violation of this 
section. Ch. 11, P. & S. L., 1911- 

No person shall fish for, take, catch or kill any kind 
of fish at any time in Foixy Pond, so-called, situated 
in the town of York, for a period of three years from 
June 30, 191 1. It shall also be unlawful for any person 
to have in possession any kind of fish taken in viola- 
tion of this section. Ch. 21, P. & S. L., 191 1- 

SAWDUST CANNOT BE THROWN INTO 
CERTAIN WATERS. 

Sections 5, 6 and 7, of Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903. 
Sec. 5. No person shall put, or allow the same to be 
done by any person within his employ, into any of the 
streams, rivers or brooks lying wholly or in part in 
the towns of Naples, Casco and Raymond, Cumberland 
county, or into any of the tributaries to any of the 
lakes or ponds lying wholly or partly in the towns of 
Vienna and Mt. Vernon ; or into McGraw, Eiais, East, 
North, Great, Long, Little or Snow Ponds, or any 
of their tributaries, in Kennebec and Somerset coun- 
ties ; or into Hale Moon or Sandy Stream, or any 
of the tributaries to Unity Pond, in the county of Wal- 
do, or into the tributaries of Seven Tree Pond, or into 
the St. Georges River, in Montville and Searsmont, or 
into the tributaries of Crawford Pond, in Union and 
Warren, or into h,leis Stream in Waldo, Brooks and 
Belfast, or into Norton or Brown Brooks, or their 
tributaries in Shapleigh and Limerick, any mill waste, 



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slabs, edgings, sawdust or any other mill waste of a 
fibrous nature created in the manufacture of any sawn 
or planed lumber, or to place or deposit the same on 
the banks of any of these waters in such negligent or 
careless manner that the same shall fall or be washed 
into any of said waters, or with the intent that the 
same shall fall or be washed into any of said waters. 
Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Trial justices, 
municipal and police courts shall have original and 
concurrent jurisdiction for offenses arising under this 
act, and all fines recovered shall be paid to the treas- 
urer of the state for the benefit of the fund for the 
protection and propagation of fish. 



OXFORD AND ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTIES. 

Section I. No person shall cast or throw into Bog 
Brook or any of its tributaries, in the towns of Ox- 
ford and Hebron, in the county of Oxford, and in the 
towns of Minot and Mechanic Falls in the' county of 
Androscoggin, any sawdust, shavings, bark or other 
mill waste or place or deposit such sawdust, shavings, 
bark or other mill waste along the banks of said waters 
in such manner that the same shall fall or be washed 
into said brook or its tributaries, except that the pro- 
visions of this section shall not apply to shingle waste. 

Section 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions 
of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less 
than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, and costs 
of each offense. Ch. 450, P. & S. L-, 1907. 



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FRANKLIN AND OXFORD COUNTIES. 

Section 2. On and after January first, in the year 
of our Lord nineteen hundred and eight, no person, 
firm or corporation shall cast or throw into Swift 
River, in the counties of Franklin and Oxford, or any 
of the tributaries to the same, any sawdust, shavings, 
bark, slabs, mill waste or other refuse matter, or place 
or deposit the same, along the banks of said river or 
any of its tributaries in such manner that the same 
shall fall or be washed into said Swift river, or any 
of its said tributaries. 

Sec. 3. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
section two of this act shall be subject to a penalty 
of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars and costs for each offense. Ch. 412, P. & S. 
L., 1907. 



SOMERSET AND PISCATAQUIS COUNTIES. 

Section 1. No person shall put, or allow the same 
to be done by any person within his employ, into HiG- 
gins Stream, or in any of its tributaries, in the coun- 
ties of Somerset and Piscataquis, any mill waste, slabs, 
edgings, sawdust, or any other mill waste of a fibrous 
nature created in the manufacture of any sawn or 
planed lumber, or to place or deposit the same on the 
banks of any of these waters in such negligent or care- 
less manner that the same shall fall or be washed into 
any of said waters, or with the intent that the same 
shall fall or be washed into any of said waters. 

Section 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provis- 
ions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less 
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars 
and costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 181 
P. & S. L., 1907. 



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AROOSTOOK COUNTY. 

Sec. 7. No person or persons shall cast or throw into 
the Aroostook River, or into any of its tributaries 
above the mouth of Beaver Brook, in Sheridan planta- 
tion, in the county of Aroostook, from any steam or 
water power saw mill, any slabs, edgings, sawdust, 
chips, bark, mill waste, or any shavings or fibrous ma- 
terial created by the manufacturing of shingles, or 
shall place, pile or deposit on the banks of said Aroos- 
took river, or its tributaries above the mouth of said 
brook, any slabs, edgings, sawdust, chips, bark, mill 
waste, or any shavings or fibrous material created by 
the manufacturing of shingles, in such negligent or 
careless manner that the same shall fall or be washed 
into said river, or its tributaries above the mouth of 
said brook, whereby the driving of logs or lumber 
down said river may become impeded or injuriously af- 
fected, or which shall tend to impede or injuriously af- 
fect the driving of logs or lumber down said river, or 
fill up or obstruct, or tend to fill up or obstruct the 
canal or wheel race of any manufacturing establish- 
ment upon said river, or any boom of logs upon said 
river above the mouth of said brook, or which shall 
damage or injuriously affect, or tend to damage or in- 
juriously affect the booming of logs upon said river, un- 
der a penalty for each offense, if the quantity shall not 
exceed five cords, of not less than five nor more than 
twenty dollars. If the quantity cast or thrown in, or 
that fall or be washed in as aforesaid, at one or differ- 
ent times, shall exceed five cords in all, under a penalty 
of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred 
dollars; provided, however, that this act shall not apply 
to sawdust made by gang saws, main rotaries, nor up 
and down saws of any kind, in water mills now in use 
on said river above said dam. All the penalties under 
the provisions of this section shall be recovered by 



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complaint or indictment before any court having juris- 
diction in like offenses, or by action of debt before any 
court having competent jurisdiction, for the benefit 
of the county where the offense was committed. If the 
offense or offenses forbidden in this section shall be 
committed by any person or persons who may be in the 
employ of any mill owner or owners, mill occupant or 
occupants, such owner or owners, occupant or occu- 
pants, shall also be liable in the same penalties, recov- 
erable in the same manner as hereinbefore provided. 
Ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903- 

Sec. 1. No person shall put, or allow the same to be 
done by any person within his employ, into Fish River, 
or any of the waters tributary to the same, in the coun- 
ty of Aroostook, down as far as the foot of Eagle 
Lake, except Sly Brook, so-called, and Wallagrass 
River for a distance of three miles from its mouth up, 
any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or any other 
mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufac- 
ture of any sawn or planed lumber, or place or deposit 
the same on the banks of the waters above mentioned 
in such negligent or careless manner that the same shall 
fall or be washed into any of said waters, or with the 
intent that the same shall fall or be washed into any 
of said waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever shall violate any of the pro- 
visions of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not 
less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars and costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 
377, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Sec. 1. No person, co-partnership, or corporation 
shall place or allow to be placed, by any person em- 
ployed by said person, co-partnership or corporation, 
any saw mill or shingle mill refuse or waste in the 
Little Madawaska River in the county of Aroostook, 
or any of its tributaries, or on the bank or banks of 
said Little Madawaska River or its tributaries, in 



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such manner that the same might fall or be washed 
into said river or its tributaries. 

Sec. 2. Any person, co-partnership or corporation 
violating any provision of section one of this act shall 
be subject to a penalty of not less than ten or more 
than fifty dollars and costs for each offense. Ch. 348, 
P. & S. L., 1905. 



CUMBERLAND COUNTY. 

Sec. 1. No person shall put, or allow the same to 
be done by any person within his employ, into Break- 
Neck Brook, or in any of its tributaries, in the county 
of Cumberland, any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, 
or any other mill waste of a fibrous nature created in 
the manufacture of any sawn or planed lumber, or to 
place or deposit the same on the banks of any of these 
waters in such negligent or careless manner that the 
same shall fall or be washed into any of said waters, 
or with the intent that the same shall fall or be washed 
into any of said waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions 
of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 370, P. & 
S. L., 1905. / 

No person shall cast or throw into Highland Lake 
or any of its tributaries in the city of Westbrook and 
towns of Windham, Gray and Falmouth, or into Mill 
Brook, in Westbrook, all in the county of Cumber- 
land, any sawdust, shavings, bark or other mill waste 
or refuse of any kind, or place or deposit such saw- 
dust, shavings, bark or other mill waste or refuse of 
any kind along the banks of said waters in such man- 
ner that the same shall fall or be washed into said 
brook or lake. 



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Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
five nor more than fifty dollars and costs for each of- 
fense. Ch. 152, P. & S. L., 1909. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done 
by any person within his employ, into any of the trib- 
utaries of Lake Webb, in the county of Franklin, any 
mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or any other mill 
waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufacture 
of any sawn or planed lumber, or shall place or de- 
posit the same on the banks of any of these waters in 
such negligent or careless manner that the same shall 
fall or be washed into any of said waters, or with the 
intent that the same shall fall or be washed into any o£ 
said waters. 

Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 196, P. & S. 
L., 1907. 

LINCOLN COUNTY. 

Sec. 1. No person shall put, or allow the same to be 
done by any person within his employ, into Duck Pud- 
dle Pond, so-called, or Pemaquid Pond, so-called, or 
Biscay Pond, so-called, or Boyd's Pond, so-called, all 
of which ponds are situated in Lincoln county, any 
mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or any other mill 
waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufacture of 
sawed or planed lumber, or to place or deposit the 
same on the bank of either of said ponds in such negli- 
gent or careless manner that the same shall fall or be 



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washed into any of said waters, or with the intent that 
the same shall fall or be washed into any of said 
waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than fifty dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of 
prosecution for each offense. Ch. 106, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done 
by any person within his employ, into Jackson Mill 
Stream and the Joe Weeks' Mill* Stream, so-called, 
tributaries of Damariscotta Lake in the town of Jef- 
ferson, county of Lincoln, any mill waste, slabs, edg- 
ings, sawdust, or any other mill waste of a fibrous na- 
ture created in the manufacture of any sawn or planed 
lumber, or shall place or deposit the same on the banks 
of any of these waters in such negligent or careless 
manner that the same shall fall or be washed into any 
of said waters, or with the intent that the same shall 
fall or be washed into any of said waters. 

Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 399, P. & 
S. L., 1909- 



OXFORD COUNTY. 

Sec. 1. No person shall put, or allow the same to be 
done by any person within his employ, into the outlet 
of WortheEy Pond, in the town of Peru, in the coun- 
ty of Oxford, any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust or 
any other mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the 
manufacture of any sawed or planed lumber, or to 
place or deposit the same on the bank of said outlet of 
WortheEy Pond in such negligent or careless manner 
that the same shall fall or be washed into said outlet 



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of Worthily Pond, or with the intent that the same 
shall fall or be washed into said outlet of Worthily 
Pond. 

Sec. 2. Whoever shall violate any provisions of this 
act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs 
of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 76, P. & S. L., 
1911. 

No person or persons shall cast or throw into the 
Ellis River, or its tributaries any mill waste, slabs, 
edgings, bark, chips, shavings, sawdust, or any other 
mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufac- 
ture of any sawn or planed lumber, or shall place, pile 
or deposit on the banks of said Ellis River, or on 
the banks of any of its tributaries, any slabs, edgings, 
or any shavings or fibrous material created by the 
manufacturing of shingles, in such negligent or care- 
less manner that the same shall fall or be washed into 
said river or said tributaries, or with the intent that 
the same shall fall or be washed into said river or 
said tributaries, whereby the navigation of said river 
may become impeded or injuriously affected, or which 
shall tend to impede or injuriously affect the navigation 
of, or fill up said river, or which shall fill up or ob- 
struct, or tend to fill up or obstruct, the canal or wheel 
race of any woolen mill, cotton mill, flour mill, or other 
manufacturing establishment, or which shall damage 
or injuriously affect, or tend to damage or injuriously 
affect, the ice on said river, or on any of its tributaries, 
under a penalty for each offense, if the quantity shall 
not exceed, five cords, of not less than five nor more 
than twenty dollars; if the quantity cast or thrown in, 
or that shall fall or be washed in as aforesaid, at one 
or different times, shall exceed five cords in all, under 
a penalty of not less than twenty nor more than five 
hundred dollars. All the penalties under the provis- 
ions of this section shall be recovered by complaint or 



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indictment before any court having jurisdiction in like 
offenses. Ch. 407, P. & S. L-, 1903. Sec. 6. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done by 
any person within his employ, into Cambridge River, 
so-called, in the towns of Upton and Grafton, in the 
county of Oxford, any mill waste, slabs, edgings, saw- 
dust, or any other mill waste of a fibrous nature created 
in the manufacture of any sawn or planed lumber, or 
shall place or deposit the same on the banks of said 
river in such negligent or careless manner that the same 
shall fall or be washed into said river, or with the in- 
tent that the same shall fall or be washed into said 
river. 

Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 176, P. & 
S. L-, 1909. 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw into Bear 
River, lying within the towns of Newry and Grafton, 
in the county of Oxford, any sawdust, shavings, bark, 
or other mill waste, or place or deposit such mill waste 
or other refuse along the banks of said river in such 
manner that the same shall fall or be washed into said 
brook. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for 
each offense. Ch. 368, P. & S. L,., 1907. 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw into Cold 
River or any of its tributaries in Stow in the county 
Of Oxford, any sawdust, shavings, bark or other mill 
waste or refuse of any kind, or place or deposit such 
sawdust, shavings, bark or other mill waste or refuse 
of any kind along the banks of said waters in such 
manner that the same shall fall or be washed into said 
river or tributaries. 



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Section 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions 
of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
five nor more than fifty dollars and costs for each of- 
fense. Ch. 83, P. & S. L., 1907. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done 
by any person within his employ, into any of the trib- 
utaries of Upper Kezar Pond, in Lovell, Oxford coun- 
ty, any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or any other 
mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufac- 
ture of any sawn or. planed lumber, or to place or de- 
posit the same on the banks of any of these tributaries 
in such negligent or careless manner, that the same 
shall fall or be washed into any of said tributaries, or 
with the intent that the same shall fall, or be washed 
into any of said tributaries. Ch. 213, P. & S. L-, 1905. 



PENOBSCOT COUNTY. 

All persons, firms, associations or corporations are 
hereby prohibited from depositing waste substances 
from sawmills or tanneries in the waters of the West 
Branch of the Mattawamkeag Stream or its tribu- 
taries, with the exception of waste waters or liquors 
from tanneries, and such portion of waste solid mat- 
ters from tanneries as cannot reasonably be prevented 
from going into said waters by the process of screen- 
ing. Ch. 113, P. & S. Iy., 1907. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done by 
any person within his employ, into Kimbaee Brook, so- 
called, Shin Brook, so-called, or Seboeis River, so- 
called, tributaries to the east branch of the Penobscot 
river, or into Fish Stream, so-called, a tributary to the 
Mattawamkeag river, all in the county of Penobscot, 
any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or any other 
mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the manufac- 
ture of any sawn or planed lumber, or shall place or 



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deposit the same on the banks of any of said waters 
in such negligent or careless manner that the same 
shall fall or be washed into any of said waters, or with 
the intent that the same shall fall or be washed into any 
of said waters. 

Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than $100 and costs of prosecu- 
tion for each offense. Ch. 107, P. & S. L., 1909- 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw in Oi,amon 
Stream, so-called, in the county of Penobscot, any 
sawdust, shavings, bark or other mill waste or refuse 
of any kind along the banks of said waters in such 
manner that the same shall fall or be washed into said 
stream. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
five nor more than fifty dollars and costs for each of- 
fense. Ch. 363, P. & S. L., 1907. 

No person shall put, or allow the same to be done 
by any person within his employ, into Ferguson Stream 
in the town of Wellington, in the county of Piscata- 
quis, and in the town of Cambridge, in the county of 
Somerset, any mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or 
any other mill waste of a fibrous nature created in 
the manufacture of any sawed or planed lumber, or to 
place or deposit the same on the bank of said Ferguson 
Stream in such negligent or careless manner that the 
same shall fall or be washed into said Ferguson 
Stream, or with the intent that the same shall fall or 
be washed into said Ferguson Stream. 

Sec. 2. Whoever shall violate any of the provisions 
of this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and 
costs of prosecution for each offense. Ch. 344, P. & 
S. L., 1909. 



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PISCATAQUIS COUNTY. 

Sec. i No person shall put, or allow the same to 
be done by any person within his employ, into the 
South Branch of the Piscataquis River, in the town 
of Kingsbury, or in any of the tributaries to said South 
Branch of Piscataquis River in said town of Kings- 
bury, or in Thorn Brook, so-called, (or in any of the 
tributaries to said Thorn Brook,) in the towns of Ab- 
bot, Kingsbury and Blanchard, in the county of Pis- 
cataquis, any. mill waste, slabs, edgings, sawdust, or 
any other mill waste of a fibrous nature created in the 
manufacture of sawed or planed lumber, or to place or 
deposit the same on the bank of any of the above named 
waters in such negligent or careless manner that the 
same shall fall or be washed into any of said waters, 
or with the intent that the same shall fall or be washed 
into any of said waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than fifty dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of 
prosecution for each offense. Ch. 103, P. & S. L., 191 1. 



WASHINGTON COUNTY. 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw into the Bas- 
kahegan Stream, in the town of Danforth in the coun- 
ty of Washington, or otherwise deposit therein or al- 
low the same to be done by any person in his employ, 
refuse or waste of any kind or description, or slabs, 
edgings, sawdust, chips, bark or other mill waste or 
place or deposit such refuse or waste, slabs, edgings, 
sawdust, chips, bark or other mill waste along or upon 
the banks of said Baskahegan Stream in such a man- 
ner that the same shall fall or be washed into said 



stream ; provided, however, this act shall not apply to 
properly constructed sewers or drains entering said 
stream. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than ten nor 
more than one hundred dollars for each offense, to be 
recovered by complaint or indictment before any court 
having jurisdiction of like offences, or by an action of 
debt in any court having competent jurisdiction. 

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect September first, 
191 1. Chs. 120 and 233, P. & S. L., 1911. 



YORK COUNTY. 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw into Heath 
Brook in the town of Acton, in the county of York, 
or into any of the tributaries of said brook, any saw- 
dust, shavings, bark or other mill waste, or place or 
deposit such mill waste or other refuse along the banks 
in such manner that the same shall fall or be washed 
into said brook or its tributaries. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for 
each offense. Ch. 332, P. & S. L., 1905. 

Sec. 1. No person shall cast or throw into the Lit- 
tle Ossipee River, within the limits of the towns of 
Shapleigh, Newfield, Waterboro, Limerick and Liming- 
ton, in the county of York, any sawdust, shavings, bark, 
or other mill waste, or place or deposit such mill waste 
or other refuse along the banks in such manner that the 
same shall fall or be washed into said waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be subject to a penalty of not less than 
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for 
each offense. Ch. 337, P. & S. L., 1905. 



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COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES AND 
GAME— THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES. 

"Sec. 35. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game shall examine dams and all other obstructions 
existing in all rivers and streams, and determine the 
necessity of fishways, and location, form and capacity 
thereof; and shall introduce and disseminate valuable 
species of food fish into the inland waters of the state, 
and valuable food birds into the state. They shall ex- 
amine into the workings of the inland fish and game 
laws, see that all violations thereof are duly prose- 
cuted, and perform all other duties prescribed by law. 

They may purchase or lease real estate, in the name 
of the state, for the purpose of maintaining fish hatch- 
eries and feeding stations for fish culture, and may as- 
sist in maintaining fish hatcheries for fish culture owned 
and under the management of fish and game associa- 
tions. 

They shall, on or before the 31st day of December 
of each year, report to the governor. * * * Sec. 7, 
ch. 90, P. L., 1909. * * * The annual report of the 
commissioners * * * shall be printed once in two 
years. 

"Sec. 36. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, upon petition of five or more citizens of the state, 
or whenever they shall deem it for the best interests 
of the state, after due notice and public hearing in the 
locality to be affected, may regulate the times and places 
in which and the circumstances under which game and 
inland fish may be taken; but they cannot authorize 
the taking of game or inland fish at a time in which its 
capture is prohibited by the laws of the state, and in all 
cases where the prayer of the petitioners is refused, 
one-half of the expenses of the commissioners shall be 
paid by the petitioners. Whenever they deem it for 
the best interests of the state, after like notice and hear- 



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ing, they may entirely prohibit the taking of any kind 
of game or inland fish, in any part of the state, for a 
series of years not exceeding four. They may adopt 
and, from time to time, modify or repeal such needful 
rules and regulations, not contrary to the laws of the 
state, as they may deem necessary or proper for the 
protection and preservation of the game and inland fish 
of the state, in conformity with the provisions of the 
last two preceding sections. They shall file, in the of- 
fices of the clerks of the towns in the territory to be 
affected, a copy of the rules and regulations adopted 
by them, and publish the same three weeks successive- 
ly in a newspaper printed in the county, and post on 
the banks of waters to be affected, as nearly as may be 
like notices ; and whenever any such rules or regula- 
tions apply to any unorganized township, a like copy 
shall be filed with the clerk of courts for that county, 
and published three weeks successively in a newspaper 
printed in the county ; they shall immediately upon the 
adoption of any rules and regulations contemplated by 
this act, file an attested copy of the same in the office 
of the secretary of state." 

Chapter 38, P. L., 191 1, and sec. 7, ch. 90, P. L., 1909. 

Sec. 1. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game shall have authority to grant permits to transport 
beyond the limits of the state live fish or game taken 
in the state, for breeding, scientific and advertising pur- 
poses. 

Sec. 7, ch. 90, P. L., 1909. 

The commissioners of inland fisheries and game * 

* * are authorized to procure the services of attor- 
neys at law to prosecute violations of the fish and' 
game laws, and to pay them a reasonable compensa- 
tion therefor. * * * 

They may have at least two daily newspapers pub- 
lished in the state, such as they may select, for use in 
their office, to be paid for out of the appropriation for 
fish hatcheries. * * * 



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"Sec. 2)7- Whoever fishes for, takes, catches, kills, or 
destroys any inland fish, in any manner or at any time, 
in violation of any of the rules and regulations of the 
commissioners of inland fisheries and game, made and 
promulgated in conformity with the provisions of this 
chapter, shall be punished in the same manner and to 
the same extent as is provided for by law for the ille- 
gal taking, catching, killing or destroying of any such 
inland fish. 

"Sec. 38. Whoever at any time or in any manner 
hunts, chases, catches, kills, takes, has in his posses- 
sion, or destroys any inland game, in violation of any 
of the rules and regulations of the commissioners of 
inland fisheries and game, made and promulgated in 
conformity with the provisions of this chapter, shall be 
punished in the same manner and to the same extent as 
is provided for by law for the illegal hunting, chasing, 
catching, killing, taking, having in possession, or de- 
stroying of any such inland game. 

"Sec. 39. Whoever wilfully mutilates, defaces or 
destroys any notice, rule, or regulation of the commis- 
sioners of inland fisheries and game, posted in con- 
formity with the provisions of this chapter, shall be 
punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, to be 
recovered by complaint or indictment; and one-half of 
said fine shall be paid to the prosecutor. 

Sec. 40. Said commissioners of fisheries and game 
may take fish and game of any kind when, where, and 
in such manner as they choose, for the purposes of 
science and of cultivation and dissemination, and they 
may grant written permits to other persons to take fish 
and game for the same purposes, and may introduce 
or permit to be introduced, any kind of fish into any 
waters. They may, after a hearing, set apart, for a 
term not exceeding ten years, any waters for the use of 
themselves, or of the United States commissioner of 
fish and fisheries, in the prosecution of the work of fish 



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culture and of scientific research relative to fishes. The 
order setting apart such waters shall be recorded in the 
registry of deeds of the county in which they are situ- 
ated. In the waters so set apart, they and the United 
States commissioner of fish and fisheries, and persons 
acting under their authority may, in their respective fish 
culture and scientific work, take fish at any time or in 
any manner, and erect and maintain any fixtures neces- 
sary for such purposes. No other person shall take 
or kill any fish, or use any implement for fishing there- 
in, under a penalty of not less than ten nor more than 
one hundred dollars, and a further penalty of one dol- 
lar for each fish so taken or killed ; provided, however, 
that before such hearing they shall give notice thereof, 
by publication of their intention for two successive 
weeks in at least one newspaper printed in the county 
where such waters lie. They are authorized to grant 
permission to take moose, caribou, deer, and birds for 
park purposes in this state, under such rules, regula- 
tions, and conditions as they shall establish. They may, 
under such rules and regulations as they may establish, 
permit the taking of eels and white fish in the inland 
waters of the state. They shall have authority to cause 
the destruction of all mink found in or around any fish 
hatchery or feeding station in this state. They may 
upon petition of ten or more taxpayers, residents in the 
locality, adopt such needful rules and regulations, not 
contrary to the general laws of the state, as may be 
necessary to prevent .the interference with, or the de- 
struction of the spawning beds, feeding troughs, or 
artificial ponds of landlocked salmon or trout, or other 
useful fish. The penalty for the wilful violation of any 
of such rules and regulations shall be fifty dollars for 
each offense. The commissioners may at their discre- 
tion, screen the outlet of any pond or lake or authorize 
the same to be done under such conditions as may seem 
to them just." 



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FISHWAYS. 

Sec. 41, as am. by ch. 72, P. L,., 191 1. 
An Act to amend section 41 of chapter 32 of the Re- 
vised Statutes, relating to Fishways. 

Section 41 of chapter 32 of the revised statutes is 
hereby amended by inserting the word 'or' after the 
word "shad" in the second line of said section, and by 
striking out the words "or land-locked salmon" in the 
third line of said section, so that said section, as amend- 
ed, shall read as follows: 

'Sec. 41. The owner or occupant of every dam or 
other artificial obstruction in any river or stream fre- 
quented by salmon, shad, or alewives, shall provide the 
same with a durable and efficient fishway, of such form 
and capacity, and in such location as may, after notice 
in writing to one or more of said owners or occupants 
and a hearing thereon, be determined by the commis- 
sioners of inland fisheries and game by written notice 
to some owner or occupant specifying the location, form 
and capacity of the required fishway, and the time with- 
in which it shall be built; and said owner or occupant 
shall keep said fishway in repair, and open and free 
from obstruction for the passage of fish, during such 
times as are prescribed by law; provided, however, that 
in case of disagreement between said commissioners 
and the owner or occupant of any dam, as to the pro- 
priety and safety of the plan submitted to the owner or 
occupant of such dam for the location and construction 
of the fishway, such owner or occupant may appeal to 
the county commissioners of the county where the 
dam is located, within twenty days after notice of the 
determination from the commissioners of inland fisher- 
ies and game by giving to the latter named commission- 
ers notice in writing of such appeal within that time, 
stating therein the reasons therefor; and at the re- 
quest of the appellant or the commissioners of inland 



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fisheries and game, the senior commissioners in office 
of any two adjoining counties shall be associated with 
them, who shall appoint a time to view the premises 
and hear the parties and give due notice thereof, and 
after such hearing they shall decide the question sub- 
mitted, and cause record to be made thereof, and their 
decision shall be final as to the plan and location ap- 
pealed from. If the requirements of the commission- 
ers of inland fisheries and game are affirmed, the appel- 
lants shall be liable for the costs arising after the ap- 
peal, otherwise they shall be paid by the county. If a 
fishway thus required is not completed to the satisfac- 
tion of the commissioners of inland fisheries and game 
within the time specified, every owner or occupant shall 
forfeit not more than one hundred, nor less than twen- 
ty dollars for every day of such neglect between the 
first days of May and November. On the completion 
of a fishway to the satisfaction of the commissioners 
of inland fisheries and game, or at any subsequent time, 
they shall prescribe in writing the time during which 
the same shall be kept open and free from obstruction 
to the passage of fish each year, and a copy of such 
writing shall be served on the owner or occupant of 
the dam. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game may change the time as they see fit. Unless oth- 
erwise provided, fishways shall be kept open and un- 
obstructed from the first day of May to the fifteenth' 
day of July. The penalty for neglecting to comply 
with this section, or with any regulations made in ac- 
cordance herewith, is not less than twenty, or more 
than one hundred dollars for every day of such neglect. 
"Sec. 42. Whenever the commissioners of inland fish- 
eries and game find a fishway out of repair or need- 
ing alterations, they may, as in the case of new fish- 
ways, require the owner or occupant to make .such 
repairs or alterations ; and all proceedings in such cases 
and the penalty for neglect shall be as provided in the 



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preceding sections without appeal. If the dam is owned 
and occupied by more than the one person, each is 
liable for the cost of erecting and maintaining such 
fishway, in proportion to his interest in the dam, and if 
any owner or occupant neglects or refuses to join with 
the others in erecting or maintaining such fishway, the 
other owners or occupants shall erect or repair the 
same, and have an action on the case against such delin- 
quent for his share of the expenses. If the owner or 
occupant of such dam resides out of the state, said pen- 
alties may be recovered by a libel against the dam and 
land on which it stands, filed in the supreme judicial 
court in the county where it is located, in the name of 
the commissioners of inland fisheries and game or of 
any fish wardens who shall give to such owner or occu- 
pant, and all persons interested therein, such notice as 
the court or any justice thereof in vacation, orders, and 
the court may render judgment therein, against said 
dam and lands for said penalties and costs, and order 
a sale thereof to satisfy such judgment and costs of 
sale, subject, however, to all said requirements for the 
erection and maintenance or repair of said fishway. 
The commissioners of inland fisheries and game may 
delegate to any fish warden or other lawful officer of 
fisheries any of the powers given to said commissioners 
in relation to the construction of fishways." 

ARTIFICIAL CULTURE OF FISH BY PRIVATE 
PERSONS. 

"Sec. 46. Any riparian proprietor may, within the 
limits of his own premises, inclose the waters of a 
stream not navigable, for the cultivation of useful 
fishes; provided that he furnishes suitable passages for 
migratory fishes naturally frequenting such waters, and 
does not obstruct the passage of boats and other craft 
and materials, in places where the same have a right to 



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pass. Any person legally engaged in the artificial cul- 
ture and maintenance of fishes, may take them in his 
own enclosed waters wherein the same are so culti- 
vated and maintained, as and when he pleases, and may 
at all times sell them for cultivation and propagation; 
but he shall not sell them for food at seasons when the 
taking thereof is prohibited, under a penalty of not less 
than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, and a fur- 
ther penalty of not less than one dollar for each fish so 
sold. Any person engaged in the artificial propaga- 
tion of trout, or fresh and salt water salmon, when the 
parent fish are taken from public waters in the state, 
shall retain not less than twenty-five per cent of all eggs 
taken from said parent fish, and shall cause the same to 
be properly cared for and hatched, and, when hatched 
and in proper condition, to be returned to a place suit- 
able for such young fish in the original waters from 
which the parent fish were taken, and shall cause said 
parent fish to be returned to safe locations in such 
waters, under a penalty of not less than fifty nor more 
than five hundred dollars for each offense. But this 
section does not apply to cases in which the parent 
fish are taken in the manner and at the time and place 
permitted for the capture of such fish for food; nor to 
operations in fish culture conducted for public purposes 
by permission of the commissioners of fisheries, who 
may affix such conditions to their permits as they see 
fit, requiring in no case, however, less than twenty-five 
per cent of the young fish to be returned, as provided 
in this section. 

"Sec. 47. No person without permission of the pro- 
prietor, shall fish in that portion of a pond or other 
water in which fish are artificially cultivated or main- 
tained by written permission of the fish commissioners, 
under a penalty of not less than ten nor more than one 
hundred dollars, besides two dollars for each fish so 
taken or killed; and, in default of payment, such of- 



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fender shall be imprisoned at the expense of the pros- 
ecutor, until said forfeiture is paid or otherwise dis- 
charged by due process of law." (See ch. 87, P. L,., 
1905, below.) 

P. L., 1905, ch. 87. Section 1. It shall be lawful 
hereafter for riparian proprietors legally engaged in 
the artificial culture and maintenance of trout, on their 
own land and in their own enclosed waters, acting un- 
der the direction and written permission of the com- 
missioners of inland fisheries and game, to ship, trans- 
port or carry trout taken from their own ponds, with- 
out accompanying the shipment in person and without 
the payment of a license fee for each shipment. 

Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be 
construed to allow the shipment of trout, at a season 
when the catching of trout is prohibited by the laws of 
the state of Maine. 

"Sec. 43 and ch. 85, P. L., 1909. The following 
waters and their tributaries are exempt from the pro- 
visions relating to migratory fishes and the supervision 
of the fishways by the commissioners; that is to say, 
Royai/s River in North Yarmouth, Sewau/s Pond or 
its outlet in Arrowsic, so much of the waters of the 
Damariscotta River as are west of the railroad bridge 
near Damariscotta mills, all waters in Vinalhaven, Tre- 
mont, Mount Desert, Eden, Franklin, and Sullivan, 
East Machias River, and the Eastern Penobscot 
River in Orland. 

Little River in Perry shall be exempt from all the 
foregoing provisions that relate to maintaining fishways 
in said river, except during April, May and June. 

"Sec. 44. For the purposes of this chapter, the term 
'salmon' means the common migratory salmon of the 
seacoast and rivers ; the term 'landlocked salmon' means 
any of the species or varieties of salmon that do not 
periodically and habitually run to the sea, being the 
same locally known as 'salmon trout' and 'black spotted 



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trout;' the term 'alewife' means the small species of 
migratory fish called 'alewife' but known also by the 
local names of 'herring' and 'gaspereau,' and also in- 
cludes the similar species found in tidal waters and 
known as 'bluebacks;' and the term 'bass' means the 
striped bass of tidal waters. 

"Sec. 45. The provisions of this chapter so far as 
they relate to fish apply to the taking of the same in all 
fresh waters above the flow of the tide and in all tidal 
waters frequented by the various species of fresh water 
and migratory fishes, except to the capture of shad and 
alewives in Danny's River and its tributaries, Pemma- 
quam River and its tributaries, and the Schoodic Lakes 
and their tributaries, and to the taking of white fish in 
the Schoodic Lakes on the St. Croix River and their 
tributaries, by citizens of the state with set nets, during 
the months of May and November, and conveying them 
to their own homes, but not otherwise. This chapter 
does not apply to fish taken in the weirs on St. Croix 
River, and does not repeal the laws relating to the St. 
Croix, Denny's, Pemmaquam, Cobstock, East Ma- 
chias, and Narraguagus Rivers/' 



PROTECTION OF MOOSE, CARIBOU, DEER, 
AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS, ALSO GAME 
BIRDS. 

CARIBOU. 

Section 18, as amended by section I of chapter 132, 
public laws of 1905, and ch. 14, P. L., 1911. 

Close time on caribou for six years from Oct. 15, 
1911. 

Unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or have in pos- 
session any caribou or parts thereof. Penalty the same 
as for the illegal killing of moose. 

MOOSE. 

Section 16, as amended by section 6, chapter 132, P. 
L., 1905, and ch. 181, P. L., 1907, sec. 3. 

No person shall at any time hunt, catch, kill, destroy 
or have in possession any cow or calf moose or part 
thereof ; and the term 'calf moose,' as herein used, shall 
be construed to mean that these animals are calves until 
they are at least one year old, and have at least two 
prongs or tines not less than three inches long to each 
of their horns. No person shall, between the first day 
of December and the fifteenth day of October, hunt, 
take, catch, or kill or have in possession any bull moose 
or part thereof, and no person shall, between October 
fifteenth and December first, take, catch, kill or have 
in possession more than one bull moose or part thereof. 

R. & R. COMRS. 

For a period of four years from Oct. 15, A. D. 1909, 
it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, take, kill or 



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destroy any moose in the towns of Mt. Desert, Tre- 
mont, South West Harbor or Eden, or to have in pos- 
session any moose taken in either of said towns, under 
the. penalty provided in the general law of the state 
for the illegal hunting, taking, catching, killing or hav- 
ing in possession any moose or part thereof. 

GENERAL LAW ON DEER. 
Note SpEciae Laws on Deer on Pages 102-3-4. 
Section 17, as amended by section 4, chapter 132, P. 

L., 1905. 

No person shall, except as hereinafter provided, hunt, 
take, catch, kill or have in possession for any purpose 
whenever or wherever taken, caught or killed, any deer, 
or part thereof, between December fifteenth and Octo- 
ber first next following; no person shall between Octo- 
ber first and December fifteenth next following, except 
as hereinafter provided, take, catch, kill or have in pos- 
session for any purpose whenever or wherever taken, 
caught or killed, more than two deer or parts thereof; 
a person lawfully killing a deer in open season shall 
have a reasonable time in which to transport the same 
to his home and may have the same in possession at 
his home in close season. 

Provided, however, that if a deer is found doing 
actual, substantial damage to any growing cultivated 
crops, the cultivator of growing cultivated crops may 
kill the same, and may consume the same in his own 
family but not otherwise, but he shall not pursue the 
same beyond the limits of his cultivated land in which 
the damage is being done. 

Provided, however, that whoever kills a deer in ac- 
cordance with the provisions herein contained shall 
forthwith give notice in writing to the commissioners 
of inland fisheries and game, at Augusta, Maine, of the 
fact of such killing and the character and estimated 



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amount of damage done. Whoever fails to give such 
notice shall in no wise be protected by the provisions 
hereof. 

And provided further, that whoever shall cultivate 
any crops for the manifest purpose of killing deer un- 
der the provisions of this act shall in no wise be pro- 
tected thereby; and provided, further, that it shall be 
unlawful to place any salt in any place for the purpose 
of enticing deer thereto, under a penalty of one hun- 
dred dollars and costs; and provided, further, that 
whoever shoots any deer in accordance with the pro- 
visions herein contained shall not be entitled to receive 
any compensation for any damage done his crops by 
deer. 

( * * * The Commissioners of Fisheries and Game 
* * * have authority to adjust and pay for actual dam- 
age done growing crops by deer. * * * Sec. 22, ch. 32, 
as. am. by sec. 5, ch. 132, P. L., 1905, and ch. 70, P. L., 
191 1.) 

Section 19, as amended by section 2, chapter 132, P. 
L., 1905- 

Whoever violates any provision of section sixteen of 
this chapter, shall be punished by a fine of not exceed- 
ing five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not ex- 
ceeding four months; whoever violates any provision 
of section seventeen of this chapter, shall be punished 
by a fine of forty dollars and costs for each deer taken, 
caught, killed or had in possession in violation of the 
provisions of section seventeen of said chapter; who- 
ever violates any provision of section eighteen of this 
chapter relating to deer shall be punished by a fine of 
forty dollars and costs; and whoever violates any pro- 
vision of section eighteen of this chapter relating to 
moose or caribou, shall be punished by a fine of not 
exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not 
exceeding four months. The provisions of section six- 
ty-one of chapter forty-one of the Revised Statutes, 



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relating to the powers of the commissioner of sea and 
shore fisheries, are hereby extended to the commission- 
ers of. inland fisheries and game. 

USE OF DOGS, JACK LIGHTS, ARTIFICIAL 

LIGHTS, SNARES OR TRAPS PROHIBITED 

IN HUNTING DEER, MOOSE OR CARIBOU. 

Sec. 18. No person shall at any time, hunt, catch, 
take, kill, or destroy, with dogs, jack lights, artificial 
lights, snares, or traps, any moose, deer or caribou. 

Sec. 21. Any person may at any time, lawfully kill 
any dog which hunts or chases a moose, caribou or 
deer, or any dog kept or used for that purpose. Any 
person owning or having in his possession any dog for 
the purpose of hunting or chasing moose, caribou or 
deer, or who permits any dog owned by him or in his 
possession to hunt or chase moose, caribou or deer, 
after notice that such dog has chased moose, caribou 
or deer, shall be punished by a fine of one hundred 
dollars and costs of prosecution for each offense. 

Ch. 222, P. L-, 1909. Section 17. Any person may 
at any time lawfully kill any dog found hunting or 
chasing moose, caribou, or deer, or any dog kept and 
used for that purpose. Any person may lawfully kill 
a dog which suddenly assaults him or another person 
when peaceably walking or riding, or is found worry- 
ing, wounding, or killing any domestic animal when 
said dog is outside of the enclosure or immediate care 
of his owner or keeper. 

PRIVATE & SPECIAL LAWS ON DEER. 

Ch. 384, P. & S. L., 1905, and chs. 233 and 304, P. & 
S L., 1909. Open season on deer in Cumberland, Sag- 
adahoc, Lincoln, Knox,* and Kennebec counties, dur- 
ing November of each year, and only one deer can be 



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killed in either of these counties during the open sea- 
son in each year by one person. These provisions, 
however, do not apply to the towns of Bath, West Bath 
and Phippsburg in Sagadahoc county, in which towns 
and cities it is unlawful to hunt or kill any deer at any 
time. 

Ch. 63, P. & S. L., 1907. Close season on deer on 
islands within limits of the town of Isle au Haut until 
October 1, 1913. 

Sec. 9, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1003. Open time on deer 
in Androscoggin county during October of each year. 

Ch. 332, P. & S. L., 1005, which amends ch. 257 of 
P. & S. L., 1903. Open season on deer in the towns of 
Eden, Mt. Desert, Tremont and Southwest Harbor from 
November 15th to December 15th of each year. Two 
deer can be killed in one season in these towns by one 
person. 

*Note below special law in certain towns in this 
county. 



DEER LAW IN WALDO COUNTY. 

There shall be an annual close time for deer, during 
which it shall be unlawful to hunt, take, catch, kill or 
destroy any deer, in the county of Waldo, from the 
fifteenth day of December of each year to the fifteenth 
day of November of the following year, inclusive. It 
shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch or kill more 
than one deer in said county in one open season, and it 
shall also be unlawful to have in possession in one open 
season more than one deer, or part thereof, which 
has been killed in said county. Ch. 46, P. & S. L-, 
1911. 



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DEER LAW IN YORK COUNTY. 

There shall be an annual close time for deer, during 
which it shall be unlawful to hunt, take, catch, kill or 
destroy any deer, in the county of York, from Decem- 
ber first to October thirty-first, inclusive, following of 
each year. It shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch or 
kill more than one deer in said county during the 
month of November in each year, and it shall be un- 
lawful to have in possession in one open season more 
than one deer which has been killed in said county. 
It shall be unlawful to hunt deer with a shot gun in 
this county. Provided, however, that it shall be unlaw- 
ful to hunt, chase, catch or kill any deer within the lim- 
its of the towns of York, Kittery and Eliot, in said 
county*, at any time. Ch. go, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

For a period of four years from October first, A. D., 
1910, it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or 
destroy any deer on Swan's Island, in the County of 
Hancock; it shall also be unlawful to have in posses- 
sion any deer taken or killed on said Swan's Island 
during the same period. R. & R. Comrs. 

Chapter 318, P. & S. L., 1909. 

*For a period of three years from July 3, 1909, it 
shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or destroy 
any deer at any time in the towns of Camden, Rock- 
port and Hope, in Knox county. 

It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession at any time any deer taken in either of the 
above named towns. 

Chapter 280, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or 
destroy any deer at any time on Cross island or Scotch 
island, so-called, in the county of Washington, for a 
period of ten years from July 3, 1909. It shall also be 
unlawful for any person to have in possession at any 
time any deer killed on said Cross island or on Scotch 
island, so-called. 



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Section 6, ch. 181, P. L., 1907. 

"It shall be unlawful for any owner, keeper or occu- 
pant of any camp, house or other building used partly 
or wholly in lumbering operations, to have, use or keep 
in any manner more than 6 deer, in any one open sea- 
son for deer in any one year, under a penalty of $40 
and costs for each deer so had in possession or used in 
violation hereof." 

TRANSPORTATION OF MOOSE AND DEER. 

Sec. 25. No person or corporation shall carry or 
transport from place to place any moose, or deer, or 
part thereof, in close time, nor in open time unless open 
to view, tagged, and plainly labeled with the name and 
residence of the owner thereof, and accompanied by 
him, under a penalty of forty dollars and costs for each 
moose or deer so transported or carried ; and any per- 
son not the actual owner of such game or parts thereof, 
who, to aid another in such transportation, falsely rep- 
resents himself to be the owner thereof, shall be liable 
to the penalties aforesaid ; and it shall be prima facie 
evidence that said game, that is being transported or 
carried in violation of this section, was illegally killed; 
but nothing herein shall apply to the transportation of 
moose or deer by any person or corporation, when 
such game is lawfully tagged in accordance with the 
provisions of section 28 of this chapter. * Whoever 
lawfully kills a bull moose, shall, while the same, or 
any part thereof, is being transported preserve and 
transport it, with the evidence on the moose of the 
sex of the same. Whoever fails to comply with the 
provisions of this section shall forfeit to the state the 
moose or part thereof being transported, and pay a 
fine of three hundred dollars and costs. 

* See page 133 for full text of this law. 



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Note. It should be borne in mind, however, that all 
game belonging to a non-resident must be tagged with 
the proper shipping tags detached from his license. 
See pages 135-137 for full text of this law. 



HUNTING FOXES WITH DOGS PROHIBITED 
WHERE. 

The hunting of foxes with dogs is prohibited in the 
town of Swan's Island, Hancock county, until March, 
1912. Ch. 244, P. & S. L., 1907. 



CLOSE TIME ON RABBITS. 

Sections 12 and 13, as am. by ch. 75, P. L , 1905, and 
ch. 42, P. L., 1909. 

There shall be a close time on wild hares or rabbits 
in which it shall be unlawful to hunt, catch or pursue 
them, or have them in possession, during the months of 
April, May, June, July and August of each year, under 
a penalty of ten dollars and costs for each offense. 

It shall be unlawful to use any snares, traps or other 
device in the hunting, pursuing or killing of the com- 
mon wild hares or rabbits, or to hunt or kill the same 
except in the ordinary method of shooting with guns 
in the usual manner. 

In Oxford, Penobscot and Piscataquis counties it may 
and shall be lawful to catch wild hares or rabbits in 
box traps. 

PROTECTION OF GRAY AND RED SQUIRRELS 
AND CHIPMUNKS. 

There shall be an annual close time for gray squir- 
rels, in which it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, 
kill or have them in possession, except alive, from the 



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first day of November of each year to the first day of 
September of the following year. Whoever violates 
any provision of this section shall be subject to a pen- 
alty of not less than five dollars nor more than ten 
dollars and costs for each gray squirrel killed or had 
in possession, except alive, in close time. Provided, 
however, it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch or 
kill any gray squirrel at any time within the limits of 
any city, village, private or public park or water dis- 
trict within this state. Ch. 147, P. L., 191 1. 



NOTE FURTHER EXCEPTION TO GRAY SQUIR- 
REL LAW BELOW: 

SPECIAL GRAY SQUIRREL LAW IN FRYE- 
BURG, OXFORD CO. 

Ch. 158, P. & S. L., 1905. 

It shall be unlawful to hunt or kill at any time, gray 
squirrels upon the following described land or terri- 
tory, under a penalty of ten dollars for each offense : 

On any lands lying east, north or northeast of the 
Saco or Lower Kezar rivers, and 100 rods distant there- 
from, from the gulf, so-called, near Toll Bridge, so- 
called, to the outlet of Lower Kezar pond, in Oxford 
county. 

Chapter 397 of the Private and Special Laws of 1903 
provides that, 

Section 1. Whoever, within the limits of the county 
of Knox kills or has in his possession, except alive, 
any red squirrel or chipmunk, forfeits five dollars for 
each of said animals so killed or had in possession, to 
be recovered on complaint. 



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Chapter 52, P. L-, 1909- 

An Act authorizing the Governor to issue his proclama- 
tion to Prevent the Use of Firearms in the Forests 
during a dangerously dry time. 

Section 1. Whenever during an open season for the 
hunting of any kind of game or game birds in this 
state, it shall appear to the governor that by reason of 
drought having in possession firearms in the forests 
is liable to cause forest fires, he may, by proclamation 
suspend the open season and make it a close season for 
such time as he may designate. 

Section 2. During the time which shall by such 
proclamation be made a close season, all provisions of 
law covering and relating to the close season shall be 
in force, and a person violating a provision of the 
same shall be subject to the penalty therein prescribed. 
In case any person shall enter upon the wild lands of 
the state carrying or having in their possession any 
firearms, or any person shall shoot during the close 
season fixed by proclamation of the governor, as pro- 
vided in the preceding section, any wild animal or bird 
for the hunting of which there is no close season other- 
wise provided by law, he shall be punished by a fine of 
one hundred dollars and costs. 

Section 3. Such proclamation shall be published in 
such newspapers of the state and posted in such places 
and in such manner as the governor may order in writ- 
ing. A copy of such proclamation and order, shall be 
filed with the secretary of state. A like attested copy 
shall be furnished to the forest commissioner, who shall 
attend to the posting and publication of the proclama- 
tion. All expense thereof and all the expense of en- 
forcing the provisions of the proclamation shall be paid 
by said commissioner, after allowance by the state au- 
ditor, from any funds in the state treasury not other- 
wise appropriated. 



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Section 4. If after the issuing of the proclamation 
as provided in section one, by reason of rains or other- 
wise, the governor is satisfied that the occasion has 
passed for the issuance of the proclamation, he may- 
annul it by another proclamation issued as provided in 
this act for the issuance of the first proclamation. 

Chapter 129, P. L., 1909- 

An Act to prohibit the use of Firearms fitted with any 
device to deaden the sound of explosion. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell, offer for sale, use or have in his possession, any 
gun, pistol or other firearm, fitted or contrived with any 
device for deadening the sound of explosion. Whoever 
violates any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit 
such firearm or firearms and the device or silencer, and 
shall further be subject to a fine not exceeding one hun- 
dred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, 
or to both fine and imprisonment. Any sheriff, deputy 
sheriff, constable, inland fish and game warden or dep- 
uty inland fish and game warden shall have authority 
to seize any firearm or firearms and any device or 
silencer found in possession of any person in violation 
of this act, and on conviction of the party from whom 
such firearm or firearms are seized, such firearm or 
firearms, shall be sold, the proceeds to be paid to the 
state treasurer, and the device or silencer shall be de- 
stroyed. 

Sec. 2. This act does not apply to military organi- 
zations authorized by law to bear arms, or to the na- 
tional guard in the performance of its duty. 



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HUNTING IN BACK BAY, PORTLAND, 
PROHIBITED. 

Ch. 163, P. & S. L., iqoq- 

Unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or destroy any 
wild birds or water fowl at any time in Back Bay, so- 
called, in Portland, above the Grand Trunk Railway 
bridge. Same penalty as for illegal hunting of game 
birds. 

CLOSE TIME ON WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS 
ON KINEO POINT, MOOSEHEAD LAKE. 

Ch. 122, P. & S. L., 1909. 

Unlawful for any person at any time to hunt, pur- 
sue, shoot at or kill any wild animal or bird on Kineo 
Point, so-called, and for the purposes of this act Kineo 
Point shall be construed to mean all the lands lying 
south of the top of Mt. Kineo and extending, to the 
pavilion at North Bay. Penalty, $50 and costs. 

TRESPASS LAW. 

Revised Statutes of Maine, ch. 128, Section 15. Who- 
ever wilfully enters on or passes over the garden, orchard, 
mowing land or other enclosed or cultivated land of 
another, between the first days of April and Decem- 
ber, after being ' forbidden so to do by the owner or 
occupant of said land or his agent, either personally 
or by notice posted conspicuously on the premises, is 
guilty of trespass, and shall be punished by fine not 
exceeding twenty dollars, and section seventeen applies 
to violations of this section. 

Sec. 17. The owner of such place, or any person 
employed in its cultivation, or rightfully in the posses- 
sion thereof, may arrest any person found violating the 
preceding section, and carry him before any magistrate 
within the county where the arrest is made. 



AN ACT TO REGULATE THE HUNTING OF 
MINK, SABLE, FISHER, OTTER AND MUSK- 
RAT. 

Section 11, ch. 32, R. S., as am. by sec. 3, ch. 90, P. 
L., 1909, and by.ch. 62, P. L., 1911. 

Sec. 1. Whoever, between April first and October 
twentieth of each year kills or destroys any mink, 
sable, fisher or otter, forfeits ten dollars for each ani- 
mal killed or destroyed. 

Sec. 2. Whoever between May 15th and October 
20th of each year, kills or destroys any muskrat for- 
feits ten dollars for each animal killed or destroyed; 
provided, however, that it shall be lawful at any time 
to kill muskrats in Lily Pond, in the towns of Rock- 
port and Camden, and also such muskrats as interfere 
at any time with the operation and maintenance of 
any canal, ditch, lawful dam. or cranberry bog; pro- 
vided, further, that this act shall not modify or repeal 
any private or special acts relating to the hunting of 
muskrats which are now in force. 

Provided, further, that on that part of Judkins' 
meadow, so-called, in the town of Prentiss, that over- 
flows with water, from the mouth of Spruce Brook on 
the Madagoodas Stream to the Springfield road lead- 
ing from Springfield to Wytopitlock, by way of Pren- 
tiss, the close time for muskrat shall be from June 1 
to Oct. 1, following. 

Ch. 211, P. & S. L., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch or 
kill at any time any muskrat or muskrats in any of the 
brooks, ponds or streams in the town of Corinna, 
Penobscot county, which flow into Lake Sebasticook, 
for a period of five years from July 3, 1909. 

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to take, 
catch or kill any muskrat or muskrats in Lake Sebas- 
ticook, in the county of Penobscot, or in any of the 



tributaries to said lake in the town of Newport, or in 
the outlet stream of said lake known as the East 
Branch of the Sebasticook river, for a period of five 
years from July 15, 1911. It shall also be unlawful for 
any person to have in possession any muskrat or musk- 
rats, or part thereof, at any time taken in violation of 
this section. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of ten dollars for each 
muskrat killed in violation of this act; whoever has in 
possession any muskrat or muskrats, or part thereof, 
taken in violation of this act shall be subject to the 
same penalty. Ch. 170, P. & S. L., 191 1. 

It shall be unlawful for a period of three years 
from April 15th, A. D., 191 1, for any person at any 
time to take, catch, or kill any muskrat or muskrats 
in Cobbosseecontee Stream, from Cobbosseecon- 
tee Lake to the Kennebec River, from April 15th of 
each year to Feby. 15th of the following year. 

It shall also be unlawful for any person to have in 
possession any muskrat or muskrats taken in close sea- 
son on the above named waters. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
these rules and regulations shall be subject to a penalty 
of ten dollars for each muskrat taken, caught, killed 
or had in possession in violation of the above regu- 
lations. R. & R. Comrs. 

For a period of two years from October 15th, A. D. 
1910, it shall be unlawful to take, catch or kill any 
muskrat or muskrats in any of the ponds in the town 
of Plymouth, in the county of Penobscot, or in any of 
the tributaries to said ponds, except during the month 
of April of each year, under the same penalty as is 
provided in the general law of the state for the illegal 
killing of muskrats. R. & R. Comrs. 



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BEAVER. 

Chapter 114, P. L., 191 1. 
An Act to regulate the taking of Beaver. 

Sec. 1. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, upon written complaint of any land owner that 
beaver are doing actual, substantial damage to his 
property shall have authority to declare an open season 
for beaver upon such land for such period of time as 
they may deem necessary to remove the beaver that 
are doing the damage complained of, during which 
open season it shall be lawful for any licensed hunter 
and trapper of fur-bearing animals to trap beaver 
thereon. No open season for beaver as contemplated 
by this act shall take effect until the commissioners 
of inland fisheries and game shall have caused notice 
of such proposed open season to be published one time 
in a newspaper printed in the county in which the land 
on which the open season for beaver is declared is 
located, and said commissioners shall also file copy of 
said notice of open season with the clerk of the town 
or plantation in which such land is located or, if the 
land is in an unorganized place, with the clerk of 
courts for the county in which the land is located. 

Whenever during a special open season on beaver 
as is contemplated by this act it shall appear to the 
commissioners of inland fisheries and game that the 
privileges of such open season are being abused in any 
place, said commissioners of inland fisheries and game 
may suspend the open season and declare it close sea- 
son for beaver on such land for such time as they may 
designate. 

Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to take any beaver any- 
where in the state at any time except during such open 
season as may be declared by the commissioners of 
inland fisheries and game in accordance with the pro- 
visions of this act. 



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Sec. 3. Whoever takes any beaver in violation of 
any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a 
penalty of 25 dollars and costs for each beaver taken, 
caught or killed in violation of any provision of this 
act. It shall also be unlawful, under the same penalty, 
for any person to have in possession, at any time, any 
beaver, or part thereof, taken in violation of any pro- 
vision of this act. 



CHAPTER 61, P. L., 191 1. 

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TRAPPING OF 

BEAVER AND MUSKRAT. 

Sec. 1. During any open season in any place for 
beaver or for muskrat it shall be unlawful at any time 
for any person to set a trap for beaver or for musk- 
rat within ten feet of a beaver house or a muskrat 
house. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
relating to beaver shall be subject to a penalty of twen- 
ty-five dollars and costs for each beaver taken, caught 
or killed in violation of any provision of this act; it 
shall also be unlawful, under the same penalty, to have 
in possession any beaver, or part thereof, taken in vio- 
lation of any provision of this act. Whoever violates 
any provision of this act relating to muskrat shall be 
subject to a penalty of ten dollars and costs for each 
muskrat taken, caught, or killed in violation of any 
provision of this act; it shall also be unlawful, under 
the same penalty, to have in possession any muskrat, 
or part thereof, taken in violation of any provision of 
this act. 



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BOUNTY ON WOLVES AND BOBCATS. 

Sec. 14. "A bounty of five dollars, for every wolf 
killed in any town in the state shall be paid by the 
treasurer thereof to the person killing it " 

Ch. 199, P. L., 1909. 

A bounty of two dollars for every bob cat, loup- 
cervier and Canada lynx killed in any town shall be 
paid by the state treasurer to the person killing it upon 
compliance with the following conditions : 

No bounty shall be paid unless the claimant, within 
five days after he has killed such animal, or has re- 
turned from the hunting in which he killed it, exhibits 
to the town treasurer the entire skin thereof with the 
ears, nose and tail thereon in as perfect a state as 
when killed, except natural decay, and signs and makes 
oath to a certificate which said treasurer may admin- 
ister, in which he shall state that he killed such animal 
and the time and place, which shall be within the state, 
and the treasurer shall thereupon cut off the whole of 
the tail from such skin and forward the same by mail 
to the commissioners of inland fisheries and game, at 
Augusta, Maine, and also forward to the state auditor 
the claimant's certificate, which certificate shall be in 
the following form : 

Claimant's Certificate. 
To the treasurer of the town of : 

I hereby certify that on the day of 

A. D., 19.., at in the State of Maine, I 

killed the bob cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx, the skin 
of which I now exhibit to you, and I claim the bounty 
allowed by law for killing the same. 

Dated at , this day of , A. D. 

19... 

, Claimant. 



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Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and 
year aforesaid. 

Treasurer of 

And the treasurer of said town shall make and send 
at once to the state auditor a certificate which shall be 
in the following form: 

! 

Town Treasurer's Certificate. 
To the state auditor: 

I hereby certify that as required by law, of 

, on the day of 

A. D 19. ., at , exhibited to me the 

whole of the skin of a bob-cat, loup-cervier or Canada 
lynx, and signed and made oath to the following cer- 
tificate : 
To the treasurer of the town of : 

I hereby certify that on the day of 

A. D. 19. ., at , in the state of Maine, I killed 

the bob cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx, the skin of 
which I now exhibit to you, and I claim the bounty 
allowed by law for killing the same. 

Dated at , this day of , A. D. 

19... 

, Claimant. 

I further certify that I cut off the whole of the tail 
from the skin of the bob cat, loup-cervier or Canada 
lynx described in the certificate and forwarded the same 
to the commissioners of inland fisheries and game at 
Augusta, Maine. 

Dated at , this day of , A. D. 

19... 

, Treasurer of the town of 

Subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid. 
• • , Justice of the Peace. 



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Upon receipt by the state auditor of the treasurer's 
certificate and the claimant's certificate for bounty as 
herein specified, the state auditor, before ordering the 
bounty paid as provided by law, shall have received 
from the commissioners of inland fisheries and game a 
certificate that said commissioners have received the 
tail of the bob cat, loup-cervier or Canada lynx from 
the treasurer sent as aforesaid, whereupon the state 
auditor shall audit the claim for bounty and the same 
shall be paid forthwith by the state treasurer t© the 
claimant from any money in the treasury not otherwise 
appropriated. 

The town treasurer for making oath to a claimant's 
certificate as above, and for forwarding the tail of the 
animal to the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, shall be paid by the claimant the sum of twenty- 
five cents. 



BOUNTY ON BEARS IN OXFORD, WASHING- 
TON, HANCOCK AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. 

Chapter 233 of the Public Laws of 1903, ch. 160, P. 
L., 1905. "A bounty of five dollars for every bear 
killed in Oxford or" Franklin counties by any bona fide 
resident of this state may be paid by the state treas- 
urer." 

Chapter 245, P. L., 1909. 

Section 1. A bounty of five dollars for each and 
every bear killed in any town or unincorporated place 
in Washington and Hancock counties shall be paid by 
the treasurer of such town to the person killing it. If 
the animal is killed in an unincorporated place the 
bounty shall be paid by the treasurer of an adjoining 
town, if any, otherwise by the treasurer of the nearest 
town. 



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Section 2. No bounty shall be paid unless the claim- 
ant within ten days after he has killed such animal, or 
has returned from the hunting, in which he killed it, 
exhibits to the town treasurer the entire skin of the 
animal for the killing of which such bounty is claimed, 
with the nose thereof in as perfect a state as when 
killed, excepting natural decay and signs and makes 
oath to a certificate, which oath said treasurer may 
administer, in which he shall state that he killed such 
animal, and the time and place, showing it to be within 
the county, and the treasurer shall thereupon cut off 
the whole nose from such skin and entirely destroy it 
by burning; then he shall pay the bounty and take the 
claimant's receipt therefor upon the same paper with 
such certificate. The town treasurer shall immediately 
make upon the same paper a certificate made under 
oath addressed to the treasurer of state, that he first 
cut off the nose from the skin and destroyed it by burn- 
ing, and then paid said bounty to the claimant. 

Sec. 3. Said certificate shall annually, in Decem- 
ber, be transmitted to the treasurer of state, and by him 
laid before the governor and council as early as con- 
venient; and when allowed by them, shall be paid by 
the treasurer of state to such town. 

Sec. 4. The certificate shall be in the following 
form: 

Claimant's Certificate. 

To the treasurer of , I hereby certify that 

on the , day of , A. D., 19.., at 

in the counties of Washington (or Hancock) and state 
of Maine, I killed the bear the skin of which I now 
exhibit to you; and I claim the bounty allowed by law 
for killing the same. 

Dated at , this day of , 19. .. 

, Claimant. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and 
year aforesaid. 

, Treasurer of 



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Claimant's Receipt. 
On this day of , A. D., 19. ., I re- 
ceived of , Treasurer of State, five 

dollars, being the bounty allowed by law for killing the 
bear described in the above certificate. 

Claimant. 

Treasurer's Certificate. 

I hereby certify that as required by law, I first cut 
off the whole nose from the skin of the bear described 
in the foregoing certificate and destroyed the same by 

burning, and then paid the said the bounty 

for which I have taken his receipt as above. 

Dated at , this day of , A. D. 

19... 

, Treasurer of 

Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year 
aforesaid. 

, Justice of the Peace. 



POISONING OF ANIMALS PROHIBITED. 

Ch. 30, R. S., sec. 20, as am. by ch. 134, P. L., 1909. 

Whoever for the purpose of killing wolves, foxes, 
dogs or other animals and not for the destruction of 
insects or vermin in a building, leaves or deposits in 
any place any arsenic, corrosive sublimate, nux vomica* 
strychnine, prussic acid, or any other poison or poison- 
ous substance, shall be fined not less than twenty nor 
more than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not less than 
thirty nor more than sixty days. 



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NON-RESIDENTS MUST EMPLOY GUIDES. 
GUIDES MUST NOT GUIDE MORE THAN 
FIVE NON-RESIDENTS AT ONE TIME. 

Sec. 20, ch. 32, R. S., as am. by sec. 3, ch. 132, P. £, 
1905. Non-residents of the state shall not enter upon 
the wild lands of the state and camp or kindle fires 
thereon while engaged in hunting or fishing, without 
being in charge of a registered guide, during the 
months of May, June, July, August, September, Octo- 
ber and November, and no registered guide shall at 
the same time, guide or be employed by more than 
five non-residents in hunting. 

Any such non-resident who shall enter upon the wild 
lands in the state and camps or kindles fires thereon, 
while engaged in hunting and fishing without being in 
charge of a registered guide, during the months of 
May, June, July, August, September, October and No- 
vember, in violation of the provisions herein contained, 
or any guide who shall guide at the same time, or be 
employed by, at the same time, more than five non- 
residents in hunting, shall be fined $40 and costs for 
each offense and be subject to imprisonment for thirty 
days. 



BEWARE OF SHOOTING BEFORE YOU KNOW 
WHAT YOU ARE SHOOTING AT. 

Sections 3 and 4 of chapter 119 of the revised stat- 
utes provides that, 

"Sec. 3. Whoever, while on a hunting trip, or in 
the pursuit of wild game or game birds, negligently or 
carelessly shoots and wounds, or kills any human be- 
ing shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding 
ten years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dol- 
lars. 



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"Sec. 4. County attorneys and sheriffs, in their re- 
spective counties, shall promptly investigate any alleged 
violations of the preceding section, and prosecute every 
person accused thereof; for failure so to investigate 
and prosecute, each of said officers shall be punished 
by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and shall 
be removed from office." 



GAME BIRDS AND THEIR PROTECTION. 

Sec. 7, ch. 32, R. S. as am. by ch. 81, P. L., 1905* and 
ch. 158, P. L., 1907. "There shall be for game birds an 
annual close time in which it shall be unlawful to hunt, 
chase, catch, kill or have them in possession whenever 
or however killed, as follows : 

For dusky duck, commonly called black duck, teal, 
and any and all ducks known as gadwall or gray duck, 
mallard, widgeon or baldpate, shoveler, pintail or sprig- 
tail, redhead, scaup duck or greater bluebill, lesser 
scaup duck or lesser bluebill, golden eye or whistler, 
bufflehead, ruddy duck or broadbill, from the first day 
of January to the first day of the following Septem- 
ber of each year. 

PENALTY: Not less than $5 nor more than $10 
and costs for each bird killed or had in possession in 
violation of law. 

CHAPTER 166, P. L., 191 1. 
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A CLOSE TIME ON 

WOOD DUCKS. 
Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, 
kill, destroy or have in possession at any time, when- 
ever or however killed, any wood duck, so-called, for 
a period of four years from July 1, 1911, under a penali- 
ty of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dol- 
lars and costs for each wood duck unlawfully killed, 



caught, chased or had in possession, except that the 
provisions of this act shall not apply to the county of 
Oxford. 

EIDER DUCKS. 

Ch. 66, P. L-, ion- 
Sec, i. There shall be an annual close time in which 
no person shall hunt, chase, catch, kill or have in pos- 
session, whenever or however killed, any eider duck, 
commonly called sea duck, from the first day of Feb- 
ruary to the first day of the following October in each 
year. 

Sec. 2. All the provisions of section seven of chap- 
ter 32 of the revised statutes, relative to hunting, chas- 
ing, catching, killing, having in possession, selling and 
transporting * * * other ducks therein mentioned, are 
hereby made to apply to the first section of this act. 



SPECIAL LAW ON GOLDEN EYE OR WHIS- 
TLER IN HANCOCK COUNTY. 

The open time on golden eye or whistler in Hancock 
county, is from Nov. 1, to Apr. 1, of the following 
year, but 15 may be killed in one day. P. & S. L., 1907, 
ch. 281, and ch. 120, P. & S. L., 1909. 



SPECIAL LAW ON DUCKS IN LINCOLN 
COUNTY. 

Open season on ducks in this county from Sept. 1st 
to the first day of February. P. & S. L., 1907, ch. 373. 



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CLOSE TIME ON PARTRIDGE, WOODCOCK, 
PLOVER, SNIPE AND SANDPIPERS. 

Ch. 32, sec. 7, R. S., as am. ch. 81, P. L., 1905, and 
chs. 66 and 70, P. L., 191 1. 

The close time for ruffed grouse, commonly called 
partridge, and woodcock is from the first day of Decem- 
ber to September 15th next following of each year; 
for plover, snipe and sandpipers, from the first day of 
December to the first day of August of each year; and 
it shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, kill or have 
in possession at any time any quail. Whoever violates 
any of the above named provisions of this section shall 
be subject to a penalty of not less than five dollars 
nor more than ten dollars and costs for each bird so 
killed, caught, chased or had in possession in close 
time. 

No person shall, in any one day, kill or have in pos- 
session more than fifteen of each variety of the above 
named birds ; (this means ducks, plover, snipe and 
sandpipers. See below limit on partridge (ruffed 
grouse) and woodcock) ; except sandpipers, the num- 
ber of which shall not exceed seventy in any one day, 
during the respective open season for each; nor shall 
any person at any time kill or have in possession any 
ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, woodcock, 
wood-duck, dusky duck, commonly called black duck, 
teal, and any and all ducks known as gadwell or gray 
duck, mallard, widgeon or baldpate, shoveler, pintail or 
sprigtail, redhead, scaup duck or greater bluebill, lesser 
scaup duck or lesser bluebill, golden eye or whistler, 
buffiehead, ruddy duck or broadbill, except for his own 
consumption within this state, except as hereinafter 
provided, under a penalty of five dollars and costs for 
each bird so unlawfully killed or had in possession; 
* * * nor shall any person or corporation carry or 
transport from place to place any of the birds men- 



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tioned in this section in close time, nor in open season 
unless open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with 
the owner's name and residence and accompanied by 
him, unless tagged in accordance with section twenty- 
eight of this chapter, under the same penalty. 

(Residents may purchase tags to take five partridges, 
10 woodcock or 10 ducks out of the state. Price of 
the tags $5.00 for each variety of the birds. Ch. 181, 
sec. 8, P. L., 1907, as am. by ch. 70, P. L., 1911.) 

NOTE: The owner MUST accompany these birds. 

CHAPTER 70, P. L., 1911. 

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE NUMBER OF 
RUFFED GROUSE (COMMONLY CALLED 
PARTRIDGE) AND WOODCOCK WHICH MAY 
BE TAKEN OR HAD IN POSSESSION BY ONE 
PERSON IN ANY ONE DAY DURING OPEN 
SEASON. 

Sec. 1. No person shall, in any one day, take, catch, 
kill or have in possession more than five ruffed grouse 
(commonly called partridge) nor more than ten wood- 
cock during open season on said birds. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five dol- 
lars nor more than ten dollars and costs for each bird 
killed or had in possession in violation of any pro- 
vision of this act. 

CHAPTER 68, P. L., 1911. 

AlN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE AND PUR' 
CHASE OF GAME BIRDS. 

Sec. 1. No ruffed grous, commonly called partridge, 
woodcock, dusky duck, commonly called black duck, 
teal or any and all ducks known as gadwall or gray 



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duck, mallard, widgeon or baldpate, shoveler, pintail 
or sprigtail, redhead, scaup duck or greater bluebill, 
lesser scaup duck or lesser bluebill, golden eye or whist- 
ler, bufflehead, ruddy duck or broadbill shall be bought 
or sold at any time by any person. Provided, however, 
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to 
game birds raised in private game preserves operated 
under permission of the commissioners of inland fish- 
eries and game. 

Sec. 2. Whoever violates any provision of this act 
shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five dol- 
lars nor more than ten dollars and costs for each bird 
bought, sold or had in possession in violation of any 
provision of this act. 

NOTE: IT IS UNLAWFUL TO SELL OR GIVE 
AWAY MOOSE, DEER OR GAME BIRDS TO BE 
TRANSPORTED OR CARRIED OUT OF THE 

STATE. 

Sec. 27. "No resident of this state shall sell or give 
away any moose or deer or part thereof, or any game 
birds, to be transported or carried beyond the limits of 
this state, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for 
each moose, deer or part thereof, and one dollar for 
every game bird so sold or given away; and any per- 
son who shall buy any of the above named animals or 
birds or parts thereof, to so transport them, or who 
shall transport them after buying the same, or receiv- 
ing the same as a gift, shall be subject to the same 
penalty." 

Any person, not the actual owner of such bird or 
birds (this means ducks, plover, snipe, partridge (ruffed 
grouse) and woodcock) who, to aid another in trans- 
portation, falsely represents himself to be the owner 
thereof, shall be liable to the same penalty; nor shall 
any person or corporation carry or transport at any 



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one time more than 15 ducks, plover or snipe, 5 par- 
tridge or 10 woodcock as the property of one person, 
under the same penalty. 

(This penalty is $5 and costs for each bird illegally 
had in possession or transported.) 

(A non-resident, however, can transport only 10 
ducks at one time under 'his license tag.) 

Ch. 32, sec. 7, as. am. by ch. 81, P. L., 1905, and ch. 
70, P. L., 191 1. 

PROTECTION OF BIRDS OTHER THAN GAME 
BIRDS. 

Sec. 8 as am. by sec. 12, ch. 132, P. L., 1905, and 
sec. 5, ch. 90, P. L., 1909, and ch. 66, P. L., 191 1. 

No person shall within the state, kill or catch or 
have in his or her possession, living or dead, any wild 
bird, other than a game bird, nor purchase, offer or 
expose for sale, any such wild bird after it has been 
killed or caught. No part of the plumage, skin or 
body of any bird protected by this section shall be sold 
or had in possession for sale. Nor shall any person 
take or needlessly destroy the nest or the eggs of any 
wild bird, nor have such nest or eggs in possession. 
The English or European house sparrow, the common 
crow, and the hawks and owls, are not included among 
the birds herein protected; and for the purposes of 
this act the following only shall be considered game 
birds : the anatidae, commonly known as swans, geese, 
brant, and river and sea ducks; the rallidse, commonly 
known as rails, coots, and gallinules ; the limicolse, com- 
monly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, 
woodcock; sandpipers, tatlers and curlews; the gallinse, 
commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chick- 
ens, pheasants, partridges and quails. Nothing in this 
section, however, shall be construed to affect in any 
way the protection of game birds, as provided in sec- 



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tions 7 and g. Any person who violates any of the 
provisions of this section shall be fined five dollars for 
each offense, and an additional five dollars for each 
bird, living or dead, or part of a bird, or nest, or eggs 
possessed in violation of this section, or imprisoned 
for ten days. 

Sec. 12, ch. 132, P. L., 1905, and ch. 66, P. L-, 191 1. 
It shall be unlawful to kill an eagle or vulture at any 
time under a penalty of ten dollars and costs for each 
offense. 

Sec; 6, ch. 66, P. L. 191 1. The commissioners of 
inland fisheries and game are hereby authorized to cause 
the destruction of any mud hens, so called, kingfishers, 
blue herons, so called, or loons found in or around any 
fish hatchery or feeding station in this state. 



CLOSE TIME ON HUNGARIAN PARTRIDGE. 

Chapter 51, P. L., 1909. 

Section 1. It shall be unlawful to hunt, chase, catch, 
kill or destroy or have in possession at any time any 
Hungarian partridge, so-called, for a period of four 
years from July 3, 1909, under a penalty of not less 
than five dollars nor more than ten dollars and costs 
for each offense and a further penalty of five dollars 
for each Hungarian partridge unlawfully caught, killed 
or had in possession. 

For a term of ten years from April twenty-eight, 
nineteen hundred and three, no person shall hunt for, 
take, catch, kill or destroy the capercailzie, or cock of 
the woods, so-called, black game, so-called, or any 
species of the pheasant, except ruffed grouse, or par- 
tridge, under a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense. 
Ch. 32, sec. 7, R. S. 



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USE OF ALL METHODS, EXCEPT THE USUAL 
METHOD OF SPORTING WITH FIREARMS, 
ILLEGAL IN TAKING GAME BIRDS; ALSO 
HAVING FIREARMS IN POSSESSION IN THE 
NIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF THE DUCK 
GROUNDS IN MERRYMEETNG BAY. 

Sec. 9. It is unlawful to take any wild duck of any 
variety, quail, ruffed grouse, or partridge, woodcock, or 
any bird, except by the usual method of sporting with 
firearms. Penalty $5.00 for each bird. It is unlawful 
to kill in any manner any wild duck of any variety on 
the Kennebec river or on the shores thereof south of 
Gardiner and Randolph bridge, or on Merrymeeting 
bay, or the shores thereof, between sunset and daylight 
of the following morning; it is unlawful to hunt, kill, 
or destroy any wild duck, at any time, with the aid of 
jack lights, or any artificial light. Penalty $50.00. 

Having firearms in possession in the vicinity of the 
duck grounds in Merrymeeting bay, or on the Kennebec 
river south of the Randolph and Gardiner bridge, in 
the night time, is prima facie evidence that the person 
having them is hunting ducks contrary to law. 

No person shall kill, catch, hunt,, destroy or have in 
possession any kind of wild duck upon the shores, is- 
lands or waters of Merrymeeting bay, Eastern river, 
or the Kennebec river below the Gardiner and Ran- 
dolph bridge between the first day. of December and 
the first day of the following September. 

Ch. 22, sec. 7, as am. by sec. 3, ch. 81, P. L., 1905. 

Penalty, $5 and costs for each bird illegally killed 
or had in possession. 



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USE OF LAUNCHES PROHIBITED IN TAKING 
DUCKS IN FRENCHMAN'S BAY, MERRY- 
MEETING BAY, EASTERN RIVER, AND KEN- 
NEBEC RIVER BELOW GARDINER AND 
RANDOLPH BRIDGE, ALSO IN ALL INLAND 
WATERS. 

Sec. 8, ch. 407, P. & S. L., 1903, as am. by ch. 76 
and 242, P. & S. L., 1905. It shall be unlawful for 
any person at any time to use boats or launches of any 
kind propelled by steam, naphtha, gasoline, or elec- 
tricity, or any other mode than the ordinary sail boat 
or row boat in chasing, hunting, or gunning any sea 
birds, duck or water fowl in any of the waters of 
Frenchman's bay, so-called, on the coast of Maine, 
under a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor 
more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution 
for each offense. 

For the purposes of this act Frenchman's bay is de- 
fined and bounded as follows : 

On the north by the towns of Hancock and Sullivan ; 
on the east by the towns of Gouldsboro and Winter 
Harbor; on the south by Mt. Desert island and a 
straight line from Schoodic point, so-called, to Great 
Head, so-called, on the west by Thompson's toll bridge. 
It shall also be unlawful to hunt ducks as above indi- 
cated in the Kennebec river below Gardiner and Ran- 
dolph bridge, or in Eastern river, or in Merrymeeting 
Bay, under the same penalty. 

Ch. 140, P. h., 1909. 

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person at any 
time to use a boat or launch of any kind propelled 
by steam, naphtha, gasoline or electricity, or any other 
mode than the ordinary sail boat or row boat, in chas- 
ing, hunting or gunning any sea birds, duck or water 
fowl in any of the inland waters of this state, under a 



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penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more 
than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution for 
each offense. 

Chapter 64, P. L., 1909. 

AN Act to require Motor Boats to be provided with 
Mufflers in certain cases. 

Sec. 1. Motor boats run or operated in any tidal 
or other waters within the state, without the use of 
proper and suitable mufflers or other devices to deaden 
sound, are common nuisances within the meaning of 
Revised Statutes, chapter twenty-two, section twelve ; 
but the penalty for so running or operating the same 
shall not exceed twenty-five dollars for each offense. 

Section 2. This act shall not apply to motor boats 
while entered and competing in boat races ; provided 
such races are held between the hours of nine o'clock 
in the forenoon and nine o'clock in the afternoon. 

Sec. 3. Any muffling device approved by the United 
States inspectors having jurisdiction of the tidal waters 
of this state shall, in case of motor boats run or op- 
erated on such tidal waters, be deemed to be a com- 
pliance with this act. 

CHAPTER 79, P. L., 191 1. 
AN ACT TO PREVENT COLLISIONS ON IN- 
LAND WATERS. 

Sec. 1. Every boat navigating any lake, river, stream, 
pond or other inland waters of this state, between the 
hours of sunset and sunrise, whether propelled by 
means of steam or any other power, shall show either 
a bright white light of such a character and so placed 
as to be visible on a clear dark night, at least one-half 
mile in every direction, or instead thereof one green 
light on the starboard side and one red light on the 



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port side, so constructed as to show an unbroken light 
over arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass 
so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two 
points abaft the beam on the starboard and port sides, 
respectively, and of such a character as to be visible 
at least two thousand feet on a clear dark night 

Sec. 2. Whoever neglects or wilfully refuses to ob- 
serve the provisions of the preceding section shall be 
liable to a penalty of ten dollars, and for all damages 
sustained by any person thereby. 

Chapter 248, P. & L. S., 1909. 

It shall be unlawful for any person at any time to 
use boats or launches of any kind propelled by steam, 
naphtha, gasolene or electricity, or any other mode than 
the ordinary sail boat or row boat, in chasing, hunting 
or gunning any sea birds, duck or water fowl in any of 
the waters of Bluehill bay, so-called, or in Eggemoggin 
reach, so-called, on the coast of Maine, in Hancock 
county, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five 
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs of 
prosecution for each offense. 

For the purposes of this act Bluehill bay shall be con- 
sidered to be the waters bounded on the west by Blue- 
hill and Brooklin to the end of Naskeag point, so- 
called; on the east by Long island and Tinker's island 
to Pond island, so-called; on the south by a direct fine 
from the southern extremity of said Pond island to the 
end of Naskeag point, so-called. 

Eggemoggin reach, so-called, shall be considered to 
be the waters extending from Little Deer Isle to Cape 
Rosier on the west; thence easterly to the end of Nas- 
keag point, so-called; thence in a direct line to the 
eastern end of Stinson's neck, so-called, in the eastern 
part of Deer Isle, said waters being bounded on the 
north by the towns of Brooksville, Sedgwick and 
Brooklin and on the south by Deer Isle and Little Deer 
Isle. 



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Sec. i. It shall be unlawful for any person at 
any time in any boat propelled by steam, gasoline, elec- 
tricity, or any power other than sail or hand power, in 
the waters of Saco bay, to chase, hunt, gun or shoot 
any sea bird, ducks or waterfowl, under a penalty of 
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, and costs for each offense. 

For the purposes of this act, Saco bay shall be con- 
sidered to be the waters lying within those points of 
land marked by Cape Elizabeth Light, in the town of 
Cape Elizabeth, on the east, and by Wood Island Light 
near the entrance to the Saco river on the west. Ch. 
45, P. & S. L., 1911. 



SEIZURE OF FISH AND GAME. 

Sec. 26, ch. 32, as am. by ch. 67, P. L., 191 1. 

"All birds, fish and game, hunted, caught, killed, de- 
stroyed, bought, carried, transported, or found in pos- 
session of any person or corporation, in violation of the 
provisions of this chapter, shall be liable to seizure; 
and in case of conviction for such violation, such game 
shall be forfeited to the state. Any person whose game 
or fish has been seized for violation of any game or fish 
law, shall have it returned to him on giving to the offi- 
cer a bond with sufficient sureties, residents of the 
state, in double the amount of the fine for such viola- 
tion, on condition that, if convicted of such violation, he 
will, within thirty days thereafter, pay such fine and 
costs. If he neglects or refuses to give such bond and 
take the game or fish so seized, he shall have no ac- 
tion against the officer for such seizure or for the loss 
of the game or fish seized." 



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AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DISPOSAL OF 
FISH AND GAME SEIZED BY THE COMMIS- 

. SIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES AND GAME 
OR ANY OFFICIALS EMPOWERED SO TO DO. 

Ch. 67, P. L., 1911. 

Sec. 1. No commissioner of inland fisheries and 
game or other person having the power to seize fish and 
game shall sell or offer the same for sale. 

Sec 2. * * * All fish and game seized by the afore- 
named officials shall be distributed among the various 
state hospitals or other charitable institutions under the 
direction of the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game. 

Sec. 3. * * * A record shall be kept by said commis- 
sioners of all fish and game seized. 

Sec. 4. * * * A record shall be kept by said com- 
missioners where all fish or game seized has been dis- 
tributed, and * * * a receipt shall be taken for the 
same from the proper official of the institution receiv- 
ing said fish or game. 



A RESIDENT MAY TRANSPORT MOOSE AND 
DEER ON PAYMENT OF A FEE. 

Sec. 28, ch. 32, as am. by ch. 90, P. L., 1909, sec. 2, 
and by ch. 99, P. L., 191 1. 

Any resident of Maine who has lawfully killed a 
moose or a deer, * * * may send the same to his home 
or to any hospital in the state, without accompanying 
the same, by purchasing of the duly constituted agent 
therefor a tag, paying for a moose five dollars, for a 
deer two dollars. * * * The commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game may appoint agents in convenient 
localities who may sell these tags, under such rules and 
regulations as the commissioners may adopt." 



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TRANSPORTATION OF GAME BIRDS UNDER 
TAG. 

Sec. 28, ch. 32, as am. by ch. 90, P. L., 1909, and ch. 
99, P. L., 191 1. 

Any resident of this state who has lawfully in his 
possession one pair of game birds, may send the same 
anywhere in this state without accompanying the same, 
by purchasing of the duly constituted agent therefor a 
tag, paying fifty cents for a pair of game birds. 

Any person not a bona fide resident of this state and 
actually domiciled therein who has lawfully in his pos- 
session one pair of game birds, may transport the sanie 
to his home or to any hospital in this state without ac- 
companying the shipment, by purchasing of the duly 
constituted agent therefor a tag, paying fifty cents for 
a pair of game birds. 

Provided, however, that no person shall, under any 
of these provisions, send more than one pair of game 
birds once in thirty days. 

NOTE: A non-resident in order to avail himself 
of the privilege conveyed by this law, must exhibit to 
the transportation agent his non-resident hunting li- 
cense, in order that he may be identified by the agent 
as the person owning the license. 



RESIDENT CANNOT TAKE MORE THAN ONE 
DEER OUT OF THE STATE IN ONE SEASON. 

No resident of this state shall carry or transport in 
any manner beyond the limits of this state more than 
one deer in any one open season for deer. Sec. 5, ch. 
181, P. L., 1907. 



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RESIDENT MUST PURCHASE TAG TO TAKE 
BULL MOOSE OUT OF STATED 

Whenever a resident of this state has lawfully killed 
a bull moose he shall, before taking the same, or part 
thereof, outside the limits of the state, procure a license 
therefor from the commissioners of inland fisheries 
and game, paying therefor a license fee of $5. Penalty, 
$100 and costs. Sec. 9, ch. 132, P. L-, 1905- 



NON-RESIDENT HUNTING LICENSES. ' 

Sec. 22, as am. by Sec. 5, ch. 132, P. L., 1905, and ch. 
70, P. L., 191 1. 

Persons not bona fide residents of the state, and 
actually domiciled therein, shall not hunt, pursue, take 
or kill any bull moose, or deer, or ducks, partridges, 
woodcock or other birds or wild animals at any time 
without having first procured a license therefor as here- 
inafter provided. Such licenses shall be issued by the 
commissioners of inland fisheries and game, upon ap- 
plication in writing and payment of fifteen dollars to 
hunt bull moose, deer, ducks, partridges, woodcock, and 
other birds and wild animals during their respective 
open seasons in October, November and December. 
But to hunt ducks, partridges, woodcock and other 
birds and wild animals, during their respective open 
seasons prior to October first, a license fee of five dol- 
lars shall be paid annually. A person having paid the 
fee of five dollars may procure a license to hunt bull 
moose and deer by paying ten dollars additional. Such 
license shall entitle the purchaser to take to his home, 
in addition as now provided, properly tagged with the 
tag detached from his license, and open to view, five 
partridges, ten ducks and ten woodcock that he has 
himself lawfully killed, and under such rules and regu- 



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lations to be established by the commissioners and ap- 
proved by the governor and council, as may be required 
to carry out the true intent of this act and not incon- 
sistent herewith. 

All money received for such licenses shall be forth- 
with paid to the state treasurer. * * * 

Provided, also, that the executive council shall, as 
often as they see fit, examine the books, accounts and 
vouchers of the commissioners of all moneys received 
by them for all licenses or other fees and make a re- 
port thereon to the governor. 

Sec. 23. Each license shall be provided with three 
coupons, one of which shall permit the transportation 
of the carcass of one bull moose, or part thereof, and 
shall be divided into two sections, lettered "A" and "B" 
respectively, and shall be called the "moose" coupon; 
the two other coupons shall permit the transportation 
of the carcass of one deer, or part thereof, each, and 
shall be divided into two sections each, lettered "C" 
and "D" and "E" and "F' respectively, and shall be 
called the "deer" coupons. 

The holder of a non-resident hunter's license shall be 
entitled to offer for transportation and have transport- 
ed, within or without this state, by any railroad com- 
pany, express company, boat, or other transportation 
company, the carcass of one bull moose, or part of the 
carcass of one bull moose that he himself has lawfully 
killed, on the "moose" coupon attached to such license; 
also the carcass of one deer, or part of the carcass of 
one deer, that he himself has lawfully killed, on each of 
the "deer" coupons attached to his said license, by pre- 
senting to the agent of any transportation company, hi's 
license, with the coupons attached to the license at the 
time when he shall offer the moose or deer for ship- 
ment. The agent receiving the carcass or part of a 
carcass, for shipment shall, if it is a moose, detach sec- 
tion 'A'" from the "moose" coupon of the license, cancel 



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the same by. writing or stamping thereon the date and 
place of shipment and his initials, and shall forward the 
same forthwith to the commissioners of inland fisher- 
ies and game, at Augusta, Maine; section "B" of said 
coupon shall be likewise canceled and shall be attached 
to the carcass, or part of the carcass, of the bull moose 
offered for shipment and shall remain attached to the 
same while it is being transported in this state. 

In case of deer received for shipment, the license 
must be presented to the agent with the coupons at- 
tached as aforesaid, and, if but one deer is offered for 
shipment, the agent shall detach section "C" from the 
first "deer" coupon and shall cancel it and forward 
the same to the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game as aforesaid, and section "D" of said coupon shall 
be likewise cancelled and attached to the carcass of the 
deer or part thereof, offered for shipment and shall 
remain attached to the same while it is being trans- 
ported in this state. 

In case two deer are offered for shipment the agent 
receiving the same for shipment shall detach sections 
"C" and "E" from the "deer" coupons and after can- 
celing the same shall forward them to the commission- 
ers as aforesaid, and sections "D" and "F" shall be 
likewise cancelled and attached to the carcass of the 
deer or parts thereof, offered for transportation and 
shall remain attached to the same while it is being 
transported in this state. 

No person shall transport any bull moose or deer, 
or parts thereof, within the state for any non-resident, 
otherwise than as provided herein. 

Any agent, servant or employee of any transporta- 
tion company, railroad company, express company, boat 
or common carrier who shall receive for shipment or 
transport, or have in his possession with intent to ship 
or transport, any carcass of a bull moose, or part of 
the same, or any carcass of a deer or part of the same, 



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for a non-resident, except as herein provided, or who' 
shall refuse or neglect to detach the sections of the 
coupons as herein provided, or who shall fail to for- 
ward to the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, at Augusta, Maine, as herein provided, the sec- 
tions of coupons by him detached, shall be punished by 
a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one 
hundred dollars and costs for each offense. 

Sec. 24. Whoever violates any provision of the two 
preceding sections, or who shall furnish to another per- 
son, or permits another person to have or use any 
license or coupon issued to him, or change or alter the 
same in any manner, or who has or uses any license or 
coupon issued to another person, or any registered 
guide who knowingly guides any non-resident in hunt- 
ing who has not a license to hunt as herein provided, 
shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five 
nor more than one hundred dollars and costs for each 
offense. 

(Note: Sec. 7, ch. 181, P. L., 1907, provides that the 
fee for a license for non-residents to hunt game birds 
in any county in the state during the open season or* 
such birds up to the time of the beginning of the open? 
season on deer in that county, is $5.) 



UNNATURALIZED FOREIGN-BORN RESI- 
DENTS' HUNTING LICENSES. 

Ch. 118, P. L., 1907. 

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any unnaturalized 
foreign-born person who has not resided within the 
limits of this state for two years continuously prior to 
the passage of this act and who is not a taxpayer upon 
real or personal property within this state, to hunt in 
any manner, at any time, or pursue, catch, kill or have- 



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in possession any wild animals or birds within the lim- 
its of this state, unless he is licensed so to do as here- 
inafter provided. 

Sec. 2. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, upon the application of any unnaturalized for- 
eign-born person who is a resident of any city, town or 
plantation within the state, and upon the payment of a 
fee of fifteen dollars may issue such person a license 
upon a form to be supplied by them, bearing the name, 
age and place of residence of the licensee with a de- 
scription of him as near as may be, authorizing the said 
licensee to hunt and kill game birds, game or other 
wild animals on any lands on which said hunting or 
killing is not forbidden by law, or by written or printed 
notices posted thereon by the owner, lessee or occu- 
pant thereof. Such license shall be good only for that 
period of the year when game birds, game or other 
wild animals may be lawfully killed and shall authorize 
the hunting or killing of game only under such restric- 
tions and for such purposes as are imposed or author- 
ized by law. Said licenses shall not be transferable 
and shall be exhibited upon demand to any of the com- 
missioners of inland fisheries and game, and to any 
game warden or deputy game warden, and to any sher- 
iff, constable, police officer or other officer qualified to 
serve process. The fees received from said licenses 
shall annually be paid into the state treasury. 

Sec. 3. If any firearm or firearms are found in the 
possession of any foreign-born unnaturalized person 
required to be licensed under the provisions of this 
act, when he is upon the wild lands or woods of the 
state, not having a license as herein provided, it shall 
be prima facie evidence that such person is hunting in 
violation of the provisions of this act and he shall be 
subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars and costs for 
each offense, and a further penalty of forfeiture to the 
state of all firearms found in his possession in viola- 



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tion of this section, and any person authorized to en- 
force the inland fish and game laws is authorized to 
seize all firearms found in possession in violation of 
the provisions of this section, and shall forthwith for- 
ward them to the commissioners at Augusta, and upon 
conviction of the person or persons from whom they 
were seized shall sell them, the proceeds from such 
sale to be paid to the treasurer of state. 

Sec. 4. Whoever violates any of the provisions of 
this act shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dol- 
lars and costs for each offense. 



REGISTRATION OF GUIDES. 

"Sec. 32. No person shall engage in the business of 
guiding, either for inland fishing or forest hunting, un- 
til he has caused his name, age, and residence to be 
recorded in a book kept for that purpose by the com- 
missioners of inland fisheries and game, and has pro- 
cured a certificate from said commissioners, setting 
forth in substance that he is deemed suitable to act as a 
guide, either for inland fishing or forest hunting or 
both, as the case may be, under a penalty of fifty dol- 
lars and costs for each offense. Each registered guide 
shall, from time to time, as often as requested by the 
commissioners, forward, on blanks furnished him by 
the commissioners, a statement of the number of per- 
sons he has guided in inland fishing and forest hunt- 
ing during the time called for in said statement, the 
number of days he has been employed as a guide, and 
such other useful information relative to inland fish and 
game, forest fires, and the preservation of the forests 
in the localities where he has guided, as the commis- 
sioners may deem of importance to the state, under a 
penalty of fifty dollars for unreasonably or wilfully 
refusing to comply with these requirements." 



I4i 

"Sec. 33. Such registration as is provided for in 
this chapter shall be as follows: the applicant shall 
apply in writing or personally to the commissioners for 
registration, or to some person designated by the com- 
missioners, setting forth in his application whether he 
desires to be registered as a general or local guide ; and 
the commissioners shall, as soon thereafter as may be, 
register such person as a guide in such class as they 
shall deem proper, after such investigation as they shall 
deem proper; but said commissioners may refuse to 
register any applicant whom they deem unfit to be a 
guide, and may, for cause shown, after due notice and 
hearing, cancel any registration by them made, and may 
advance anyone from the local class to the general 
class, whenever they shall deem such person qualified 
to be a general guide. 

Whenever a guide registered, as provided in this 
chapter, is convicted of any violation of any of the 
inland fish and game laws, the commissioners may, at 
their discretion, cancel his certificate of registration and 
strike his name from the list of registered guides; but 
such person may thereafter be registered again at the 
discretion of the commissioners. Any certificate can- 
celed by virtue of this chapter shall be immediately 
returned to the commissioners, under a penalty of fifty 
dollars for refusal or neglect to comply with this re- 
quirement. A fee of one dollar shall be paid annually 
for the registration as herein provided. 

No person shall receive a certificate as a general guide 
unless he be at least twenty years of age, of good 
repute, and friendly to the inland fish and game laws, 
and will discountenance in all proper ways all viola- 
tions thereof. He shall be thoroughly competent to tra- 
verse the hunting grounds in which he is licensed to 
guide and shall be skilled in the use, management, and 
handling of such boats or canoes, on lake, pond, or 
river, as are used in the territory in which he is author- 



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ized to guide, and shall be a safe person under all cir- 
cumstances to be a guide for inland fishing and forest 
hunting parties. A person may receive a certificate as 
a local guide who does not, in the judgment of the 
commissioners possess all the necessary qualifications 
of a general guide, yet is deemed suitable to act as such 
under certain conditions; and guides may be restricted 
in the territory in which they are permitted to guide. 
Every non-resident registered as a guide shall pay a 
fee of twenty dollars ; the commissioners may at their 
discretion refuse to issue any certificates of registration 
after October twentieth of each year, and every certifi- 
cate issued shall expire with the calendar year. An 
official badge for guides may be prepared by the com- 
missioners." 



LICENSED CAMP PROPRIETORS AND HUNT- 
ERS AND TRAPPERS. 

Sec. 31, ch. 32, R. S., as am. by ch. 64, P. L., 191 1. 

"No person shall build, occupy, maintain or 
keep a sporting camp, lodge or place of resort for in- 
land hunting or fishing parties in any place, or engage 
in the business of hunting or trapping any of the fur 
bearing animals of the state in any of the unorganized 
townships or wild lands of the state without first pro- 
curing a license therefor from the commissioners of in- 
land fisheries and game, and paying a fee therefor of 
five dollars ; and he shall make such report to the com- 
missioners as may be called for; but a license to build, 
occupy, maintain or keep such sporting camp, lodge or 
place of resort shall not be granted unless the person 
applying for the same files with his application there- 
for, the written consent of the owner or owners of the 
land or his or their agent upon which such camp, lodge 
or place of resort is or may be located; and such 



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licensed persons may purchase for consumption in their 
sporting camps, lodges or places of resort deer lawfully 
Tailed, but they shall keep a record of all such pur- 
chases, of whom purchased and the date of the pur- 
chase, and on December fifteenth of each year shall 
make, under oath, written report thereof to the com- 
missioners ; whoever violates any provision of this sec- 
tion shall be fined forty dollars and costs for each of- 
fense ; the commissioners, however, may refuse to issue 
a license or licenses to such person or persons as they 
deem unsuitable." 

Ch. 36, P. & S. L., 1911. 

Sec. 1. During the open season now provided by law 
on mink, sable, muskrat and fisher, it shall be lawful 
for citizens of this state to hunt and trap bob cats, 
loup-cervier or Canada lynx, without first procuring a 
trapping license of the commissioners of inland fisher- 
ies and game, in the unincorporated places known as 
Letter A and Leavitt, in the county of Aroostook. 



TRAPPERS MUST VISIT THEIR TRAPS. 

Ch. 160, P. L., 1907, as am. by ch. 3, P. L., 191 1. 

Sec. 1. Any person setting a trap in any incorpo- 
rated place shall visit said trap, or cause the same to be 
visited, at least once in every twenty-four hours and 
remove therefrom, or cause to be removed, any animal 
found caught therein. 

Sec. 2. No person shall set traps on any cultivated 
land without first obtaining the written consent of the 
owner or occupant of the land on which said traps are 
to be set. 

Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of this 
act shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more 
than fifty dollars, and costs for each offense, to be paid 
to the state treasurer. 



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Municipal and police courts and trial justices shall 
have original jurisdiction in all cases arising under this 
act. 

TRAPS MUST BE MARKED. 

Ch. 90, P. L., 1909. 

Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to set 
any trap or traps of any kind for any wild animal with- 
out having the trap or traps plainly labelled with his 
name and address, either by having the same stamped 
on the trap or on a metal tag firmly attached to the 
trap. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this 
section shall be subject to a penalty of one dollar for 
each trap set and not marked as provided in this sec- 
tion, and the forfeiture of the trap or traps to any per- 
son finding the same not marked in accordance with 
the provisions of this section. 



LICENSED MARKETMEN AND PROVISION 
DEALERS. 

Section 29 as am. by ch. 132, P. L., 1905. Sec. 10. 
Any marketman or provision dealer having an estab- 
lished place of business in the state, may purchase and 
have in possession at his said place of business not 
more than three deer, lawfully killed or destroyed or 
any part thereof, at one time, and may sell the same at 
retail to his local customers, and may sell the heads of 
such deer to any licensed taxidermist; provided, how- 
ever, that said marketman or provision dealer, shall 
have procured a license of the commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game to carry on said business of buying 
and selling deer as aforesaid; and provided further, 
that said marketman shall record in a book kept for 
that purpose, and open to the inspection of inland fish 



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and game wardens and the commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game, the name and residence of each per- 
son of whom he purchases any inland game, and the 
date of such purchase; and if any marketman or pro- 
vision dealer shall violate the provisions of this section, 
he shall be fined five hundred dollars for each offense, 
and be prohibited for five years thereafter from the 
benefits of this section. 

All marketmen or provision dealers licensed as afore- 
said shall pay to the commissioners, in cities and towns 
of over three thousand inhabitants, five dollars annual- 
ly, and three dollars in all other places; or instead of 
this fee, the commissioners may, at their discretion, 
issue licenses authorizing the retailing of deer as above 
specified, on payment of fifty cents for each deer re- 
tailed; said marketmen and provision dealers holding 
these licenses shall, on December fifteenth, make, sign, 
and send to the commissioners, under oath, a statement 
setting forth in detail the number of deer by them 
bought, and of whom bought, and the date of each 
purchase, during the time covered by their licenses; and 
whoever fails to* make the report required in this sec- 
tion shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dol- 
lars and costs. 



LICENSES TO BUY AND SELL SKINS AND 
HEADS OF DEER AND SKINS OF OTHER 
WILD ANIMALS. 

Sec. 30, as am. by ch. 226, P. L., 1907. 

The commissioners may annually issue licenses to 
suitable persons to buy and sell or tan deer skins, otter 
skins, sable skins and fisher skins, and the heads of 
deer if not detached from the skins. Such persons 
shall keep a record of all such heads and skins pur- 
chased, of whom purchased and the date of purchase, 



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and shall report annually to the commissioners. The 
fee for such license shall be five dollars for a county 
license and ten dollars for a state license, to be paid 
to the commissioners and by them to the treasurer of 
state; and whoever, licensed as aforesaid, unreasonably 
and wilfully refuses to make such report, shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of $100.00 and costs. Whoever buys 
such skins and heads without being licensed as above 
provided, shall be punished by a fine of $100.00 and 
costs. 

Sec. 2. No non-resident or unnaturalized foreign- 
born resident of this state shall buy and sell the skins 
of any wild animals without being first licensed there- 
for and paying a fee to the commissioners of inland 
fisheries and game of ten dollars ; and whoever licensed 
as aforesaid unreasonably and wilfully refuses to make 
such report as is provided in the above section shall be 
punished by a fine of $100.00 and costs. Whoever buys 
such skins and heads without being licensed as above 
provided shall be punished by a fine of $100.00 and 
costs. 

TAXIDERMISTS. 

Sec. 10. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game may, upon application, issue a license to such 
persons as taxidermists, who, in their judgment, are 
skilled in that art, of good reputation, and friendly to 
the fish and game laws of the state ; and may also issue 
licenses to suitable persons, whose numbers shall not 
exceed fifteen at one time, to take, kill, capture, and 
have in possession any species of birds other than 
domestic and the eggs and nests thereof for scientific 
purposes ; and for such licenses the applicant shall pay 
five dollars; but no person thus allowed to take and 
have in possession birds for scientific purposes, shall 
sell or offer for sale, or take any compensation for 



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specimens of birds, nests or eggs, or dispose of the 
same, by gift or otherwise, to be taken from the state, 
except for exchange of specimens for scientific pur- 
poses ; and for any violation of the provisions of this 
section, such persons shall be subject to a fine of not 
less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. This section, 
however, shall not authorize the killing of any birds 
nor the taking of any birds' nests or eggs thereof on 
Sunday; and the commissioners may, for cause, revoke 
any license authorized by this section. Taxidermists 
mentioned in this section may at all times have in their 
possession, at their places of business, fish and game 
lawfully caught or killed in open time for the sole pur- 
pose of preparing for and mounting the same; and such 
fish and game, or parts thereof, may be transported to 
such licensee and retained by him for the purposes 
aforesaid, under such rules, restrictions and limitations 
as shall, from time to time, be made by said commis- 
sioners and stated in such original license and additions 
made thereto, from time to time, by said commissioners. 
Such licenses may be revoked by said commissioners, 
at any time after notice and an opportunity for a hear- 
ing; such licenses shall be for the term of three years, 
and each person so licensed shall, on or before Decem- 
ber first of each year, make a detailed, written report 
to the commissioners of all they have done during the 
year by virtue of such license; and every licensee or 
carrier violating any of the provisions of this chapter, 
or of the rules, restrictions, or limitations set out in 
said license and additions thereto, shall be fined not less 
than twenty nOr more than fifty dollars. 

BEWARE OF LEAVING CAMP FIRES BURNING. 

Section 55 of chapter seven of the revised statutes. 
Whoever by himself, or by his servant, agent, or 
guide or as the servant, agent or guide of any other 



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person, shall build a camp, cooking, or other fire, or use 
an abandoned camp, cooking or other fire in or adja- 
cent to any woods in this state, shall, before leaving 
such fire, totally, extinguish the same, and upon failure 
to do so such person shall be punished by a fine of fifty 
dollars, provided that such fires built upon the sea beach 
in such situation that they cannot spread into forest 
wood or cultivated lands or meadows, shall not be con- 
strued as prohibited by this act. One-half of any fine 
imposed and collected under this section shall be paid 
to the complainant. 



THE LACEY BILL. 

The Act of Congress, approved May 25, 1900, supple- 
ments existing state laws by prohibiting the shipment 
from one state to another of game or birds killed in 
violation of local laws, and by subjecting birds and 
game brought into a state to the same restrictions as 
those prescribed for game and birds produced within 
that state. 

This law is regarded as one of the most important 
ones yet enacted in the interests of game and bird pro- 
tection. 

This federal game law, it can readily be seen, is ad- 
ditional protection to existing state game laws. With 
good laws well executed, the craft of law evaders falls 
into disrepute. This federal game law has proved an 
additional check to violators of the state game laws. 

The violator of the law has heretofore not had much 
to fear, if the game was once got out of the state, con- 
sequently state game laws have not been sufficiently 
far reaching. 

We submit herewith sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Act 
above referred to for the information of shippers, deal- 
ers and others: 



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"AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE POWERS OF 
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, PRO- 
HIBIT THE TRANSPORTATION BY INTER- 
STATE COMMERCE OF GAME KILLED IN 
VIOLATION OF LOCAL LAWS, AND FOR 
OTHER PURPOSES. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons to deliver to any common carrier, or for any com- 
mon carrier to transport from one state or territory to 
another state or territory, or from any state or terri- 
tory to the District of Columbia or Alaska, any foreign 
animals or birds the importation of which is prohibited, 
or the dead bodies or parts thereof of any wild animals 
or birds, where such animals or birds have been killed 
in violation of the laws of the state, territory or dis- 
trict in which the same were killed; provided, that 
nothing herein shall prevent the transportation of any 
dead birds or animals during the season when the same 
may be lawfully captured, and the export of which is 
not prohibited by law in the state, territory or district 
in which the same are killed. 

Sec. 4. That all packages containing such dead ani- 
mals, birds or parts thereof, when shipped by interstate 
commerce, as provided in section one of this act, shall 
be plainly and clearly marked so that the name and 
address of the shipper and the nature of the contents 
may be readily ascertained on inspection of the outside 
of such packages. For each evasion or violation of 
this act the shippers shall, upon conviction, pay a fine 
not exceeding two hundred dollars; and the consignee 
knowingly receiving such articles, so shipped and trans- 
ported in violation of this act shall, upon conviction, 
pay a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars; and the 
carrier knowingly carrying or transporting the same 
shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of not exceeding two 
hundred dollars. 



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Sec. 5. That all dead bodies, or parts thereof, of 
any foreign game animals, or game or song birds, the 
importation of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies 
or parts thereof, of any wild game animals, or game or 
song birds transported into any state or territory, or 
remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage 
therein, shall, upon arrival in such state or- territory, be 
subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such 
state or territory enacted in the exercise of its police 
powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as 
though such animals and birds had been produced in 
such state or territory, and shall not be exempt there- 
from by reason of being introduced therein in original 
packages or otherwise. 

This act shall not prevent any importation, trans- 
portation or sale of birds or bird plumage manufac- 
tured from the feathers of barnyard fowl." * * * 

WARDENS, THEIR APPOINTMENT AND 
DUTIES. 

Sec. 49. The governor, with the advice and consent 
of the council, -upon the recommendation of the com- 
missioners of inland fisheries and game, may appoint 
suitable persons as fish and game wardens, who shall 
hold office for a term of three years unless sooner re- 
moved, and who shall enforce all laws relating to inland 
game and fisheries, and all rules and regulations in 
relation thereto, arrest all violators thereof, and prose- 
cute all offenses against the same; said wardens shall 
have the same power to serve criminal processes against 
such offenders, and shall be allowed the same fees, as 
sheriffs, for like services, and they shall have the same 
right as sheriffs to require aid in executing the duties 
of their office. They shall, before being qualified to 
discharge the duties required by this act, give bond to 
the treasurer of the state with two good and sufficient 



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sureties in the penal sum of two thousand dollars ap- 
proved by the commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 
duties of their office. Inland fish and game wardens 
may serve all processes pertaining to the collection of 
penalties for violation of the inland fish and game laws. 
Fish wardens may be appointed inland fish and game 
wardens and need not give additional bond. 

Sec. 51. Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, police officers and 
constables, are vested with the powers of inland fish 
and game wardens and their deputies, and shall receive 
for their services the same fees. 



DEPUTY WARDENS. 

Sec. 50. The commissioners of inland fisheries and 
game may appoint deputy wardens for whose official 
misconduct and neglect they shall be responsible and 
may revoke such appointments at any time. The ap- 
pointment and discharge of such deputy wardens shall 
be in writing, and they shall have the same powers and 
be subject to the same laws, as wardens appointed by 
the governor and council. 



FISH AND GAME WARDENS, FIRE WARDENS. 

Chapter 108 of the public laws of 1891 provides that, 
Fish and game wardens are hereby made state fire 
wardens, and it shall be their duty while in and about 
the woods, to caution all sportsmen of the danger from 
fires in the woods, and to extinguish all fires left burn- 
ing by anyone, if within their power ; and to give notice 
to any and all parties interested when possible, of fires 
raging and beyond their control, to the end that the 
same may be controlled and extinguished. 



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PENALTY FOR FALSELY ASSUMING TO BE 

A WARDEN OR COMMISSIONER. 

[ 
Sec. 24, ch. 123, R. S. 

Whoever falsely assumes to be a justice of the peace, 
sheriff, deputy sheriff, coroner, or constable, or inland 
fish and game warden, or a commissioner of inland 
fisheries and game, and to act as such, or to require any 
one to aid him in a matter pertaining to the duty of 
such office, shall be punished by imprisonment for not 
less than one year, or by fine not exceeding four hun- 
dred dollars. 

SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF GAME. 

Sec. 52, as am. by ch. 141, P. L., 1905. 

The commissioners and every warden throughout 
the state shall enforce the provisions of this chapter, 
and shall seize any game, fish and game birds taken or 
held in violation of this chapter; and every such officer 
may arrest, with or without a warrant, any person 
whom he has reason to believe guilty of a violation 
thereof, and with or without a warrant, may open, en- 
ter and examine all buildings, camps, vessels, boats, 
wagons, cars, stages, tents, and other receptacles and 
places, and examine all boxes, barrels and packages 
where he has reason to believe that game, fish or game 
birds taken or held in violation of this chapter are to 
be found, and seize such game, fish or game birds if 
any be found therein, but no dwelling-house shall be 
searched for the above purposes without a warrant and 
then only in the day time, and no sealed railroad car 
shall be entered for the above purposes without such 
warrant. Any magistrate may issue warrants to search, 
within his jurisdiction, any dwelling- house, in the day 
time, or any other place at any time, for the purposes 



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above set forth, to any commissioner of inland fisheries 
and game or any warden, sheriff or any of his depu- 
ties; such warrant shall be issued subject to the re- 
quirements of section thirteen of .chapter one hundred 
and thirty-three of the revised statutes ; provided, how- 
ever, that the commissioners shall, on or before Octo- 
ber first of each year, in writing, notify the superin- 
tendents of all transportation companies doing business 
within the state of the names of the wardens by them 
designated to exercise the right of search as herein pro- 
vided, which number shall not exceed four for any one 
transportation company, and no others shall, except 
those so designated, be authorized to exercise the pow- 
ers herein mentioned as to search. 



PENALTIES— HOW RECOVERED. 

Sec. 53. Any officer authorized to enforce the inland 
fish and game laws may recover the penalties for the 
violation thereof in an action on the case in his own 
name, the venue to be as in other civil actions, or by 
complaint or indictment in the name of the state; and 
such prosecution may be commenced in the county in 
which the offense was committed or in any adjoining 
county, and the plaintiff prevailing shall recover full 
costs without regard to the amount recovered. 



OFFICERS MAY ARREST WITHOUT 
WARRANT. 

Sec. 54. Any officer authorized to enforce the inland 
fish and game laws may, without process, arrest any 
violator of any of said laws, and shall with reasonable 
diligence, cause him to be taken before any trial justice 
or any municipal or police court, in the county where 



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the offense was committed, or in any adjoining county, 
for a warrant and trial. Jurisdiction in such cases is 
hereby granted to all trial justices and all other courts 
to be exercised in th.e same manner as if the offense 
had been committed in that county ; and any officer who 
shall maliciously, or without probable cause, abuse his 
power in such proceedings shall be liable upon com- 
plaint or indictment, to a fine not exceeding one hun- 
dred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three 
months. 



JURISDICTION OF COURTS. 

Ch. 90, P. L., 1909. 

Sec. 10. Trial justices, police and municipal courts 
within their counties shall have, upon complaint, orig- 
inal and concurrent jurisdiction with the supreme and 
superior courts in all prosecutions under any inland fish 
and game law. 



DISPOSITION OF FINES AND PENALTIES. 

Sec. 56, ch. 32, as am. by ch. 3, P. L., 191 1. 

Any officer or other person who shall re- 
ceive any fine or penalty, or any part thereof, for the 
violation of any fish or game law, and shall neglect for 
more than thirty days to pay the same into the state 
treasury, shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars ; all fines and 
penalties recovered, or money paid, under any of the 
provisions of this chapter, after deducting legal taxable 
costs, shall be paid forthwith to the treasury of the 
state by the person recovering the same. 



155 

SERVICE ON CORPORATIONS, HOW MADE. 

Sec. 57. In case of a violation of any of the pro- 
visions of this chapter by a corporation, the warrant 
of arrest may be served by an attested copy on the 
president, secretary, manager, or any general agent 
thereof in the county where the action is pending, and 
upon return of such warrant so served, the corporation 
shall be deemed in court and subject to the jurisdiction 
thereof, and any fine imposed may be collected by exe- 
cution against the property of such corporation; but 
this section shall not be deemed to exempt any agent 
or employee from prosecution. 

PENALTY FOR DISHONEST LICENSEE. 

Sec. 58. If the holder of any license, certificate, or 
permit, issued in conformity with any of the provisions 
of this chapter, shall persistently or flagrantly and 
knowingly violate or countenance the violation of any 
of the provisions of this chapter, such license, certificate 
or permit may be revoked by the commissioners, after 
due notice given of the alleged violation, and an oppor- 
tunity afforded to appear and show cause against the 
same. 



DUTY OF COUNTY ATTORNEYS, ETC. 

Sec. 59. Each county attorney shall prosecute all 
violations of this chapter occurring within his county, 
when such cases may come to his knowledge, or when 
he may be so requested by the commissioners or any 
officer charged with its enforcement, the same at all 
times to be subject to the supervision and control of the 
commissioners. 



156 

PARTICIPANTS IN VIOLATION OF GAME 
LAWS COMPELLED TO TESTIFY. 

Sec. 59. In any prosecution under this chapter, any 
participant in a violation thereof, when so requested by 
the county attorney, commissioners, or other officer in- 
stituting the prosecution, may be compelled to testify 
as a witness against any other person charged with 
violating the same, but his evidence so given shall not 
be used against himself in any prosecution for such 
violation. 



DUTY OF MAGISTRATES AND CLERKS OF 
COURTS. 

Sec. 59. Every magistrate or the clerk of the court 
before whom any prosecution under this chapter is com- 
menced, or shall go on appeal, within twenty days after 
the trial or dismissal thereof shall report in writing the 
result thereof and the amount of fines collected, if anv, 
and the disposition thereof to the commissioners, at 
Augusta. 

DUTY OF WARDENS TO MAKE REPORTS. 

Sec. 59. In all cases, the officer making the seizure 
or sale of fish, game, or birds, shall within ten days 
thereafter, report all the particulars thereof and an 
itemized statement of the proceeds, expenses, and fees, 
and the disposition thereof to the commissioners at 
Augusta. 

Every warden shall, in the month of December of 
each year, and at such other times as the commission- 
ers may require, report to the commissioners all viola- 
tions of, and prosecutions under this chapter, occurring 
in his district, together with such further information 
as the commissioners may require. The failure of any 



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person or officer to perform any act, duty, or obligation 
enjoined upon him by this chapter, shall be deemed a 
violation thereof. 



TOWNS AND CITIES MAY ELECT FISH 
WARDENS IN CERTAIN CASES. 

Chapter 66, P. L., 1909. 

Any city, town or plantation in which there is a lake 
or a pond that has been stocked with fish by the state 
and screened partly by the state and partly by the town 
or by private subscription, may, at its annual election, 
elect a fish warden, with all the powers of other fish 
wardens, whose duty it shall be to care for and protect 
said screen. 

RECENT R. & R. OF COM. IN KEN. CO. 

Sec. 1. For a period of four years from July 3rd, 
A. D., 191 1, it shall be unlawful for any person to fish 
for, take, catch or kill any kind of fish at any time in 
Bond Brook, or Spring Brook, so-called, or in any of 
the tributaries to said brook, which waters are situated 
in the city of Augusta and in the town of Manchester 
and in the town of Sidney, in the county of Kenne- 
bec, EXCEPT it shall be lawful to fish in said brook 
below the Mount Vernon road, so-called, and also in 
any of the tributaries to said brook below said Mount 
Vernon road, so-called, from the time the ice leaves 
said brook in the spring of each year until June first 
following, and during this open season it shall be un- 
lawful for any person to take, catch or kill more than 
f fteen fish in all in any one day. 

Sec. 2. It shall also be unlawful for any person to 
have in possession any kind of fish taken in violation 
of any provision of these regulations. 



INDEX 



A 

PAGE 

Abbreviations, explanation of 3 

Accidental shooting, while hunting 120 

Alewife denned 98 

Androscoggin county, protection of deer in 103 

Annual close time for fish 4-5 

Annual close time for game 99 to 107 

Annual report of commissioners 89 

Artificial culture of fish by private persons, 95 
Artificial flies, minnows and insects, use of 

in fishing 10 

Artificial lights, use of in hunting game 

prohibited 102 

Artificial ponds, interference with and de- 
struction of 92 

Assuming, falsely, to be commissioner, 

warden or other official 152 

Attorneys, the commissioners may employ 90 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Abbey (M. T.) pond, Oxford county 52 

Abbott pond, in Sumner, Oxford county. . 45-49 

Alder brook, Aroostook county 18 

Alder brook, Franklin county 22 

Alder stream, Franklin county 22, £3 

Alder stream, Piscataquis county 62 

Alder stream, Township, waters in, Frank- 
lin county 32 

Alford's pond, Knox county 42 

Allegash lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Allen brook, Hancock county 36 

Allen pond, Androscoggin county 14 

Androscoggin county fish laws 14 

Androscoggin county ice fishing law.... 14 
Androscoggin pond, Androscoggin and Ken- 
nebec counties 14 

Androscoggin river 5"3 

Annabessacook lake and tributaries, Ken- 
nebec county 42 

Auburn (Lake), Androscoggin county, and 

tributaries 14-15 

Ambajejus lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Aroostook county fish laws 17 

Anasagunticook lake, tributaries of, Oxford 

county 46 

Aroostook river and certain tributaries, 
Aroostook county, mill waste must not 

be thrown into 78 

Avon, Franklin county, streams in 23 

Aziscohos Falls, Oxford county 54 



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PAGE 
Back Bay, Portland, hunting waterfowl in, 

prohibited 1 1 a 

Bait fish 12 

Bass defined 9g 

Bass, Black, length of which may be taken, 5 
Bath and W. Bath, hunting deer in, pro- 
hibited 103 

Beaver, protection of 113 

Beaver house, protection of 114 

Bears, bounty on in Oxford, Franklin, 

Washington and Hancock counties .... 117 
Birds, game, protection of — prohibited de- 
vices for hunting 128 

Birds, game, sale and purchase of pro- 
hibited 124 

Birds, nests and eggs, protection of, and 

commissions to take 146 

Birds, wild, protection of 126 

Birds, taking of for park purposes 92 

Birds, cannot be sold or given away to be 

taken beyond limits of state 125 

Black bass, sale and purchase of, prohib- 
ited 6 

Black game protected 12? 

Black spotted trout 97 

Blue herons 127 

Blue Hill Bay, use of motor boats in hunt- 
ing water fowl in, prohibited 131 

Boats, lights on 131 

Bob cat, trapping in "Letter A", and 

"Leavitt", Aroostook county 143 

Bond, when game is seized 132 

Bounties on bobcats, loupcervier, Canada 

lynx and wolves 115 to lift 

Bounties on bears in Oxford, Franklin, 

Washington and Hancock counties 117 



PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

' B" pond, Oxford county 52 

Bachelor mill stream, Kennebec county . . . 41 

Baker ponds and tributaries, Somerset 

county 6? 

Barker pond, Cumberland county 20 

Barker's pond, Oxford county 52 

Barker pond, Somerset county 65 

Bartlett brook and Cook's brook, York 

county 73 

Bartlett pond, York county 73 

Barret brook and tributaries, Somerset 

county 64-70 

Barrett pond 33 

Baskehegan lake and stream, Aroostook and 

Washington counties 71 

Baskehegan stream, sawdust or other mill 

waste must not be thrown into 87 



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Bass, black, number of pounds which may- 
be taken in one day in Washington 

county 72 

Bear pond, Androscoggin county, also Ox- 
ford county, and tributaries 16 

Bear pond, Oxford county 44 

Bear pond (Little), Oxford county, tribu- 
taries to 46 

Bear pond, tributaries to, Piscataquis 

county 61 

Bear river, Oxford county, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 84 

Beaver Bog and Beaver Bog brook, Ox- 
ford county 50 

Beaver brook, Oxford county, tributary of 

Great brook 47 

Beaver brook, Oxford county, in Stoneham, 47 

Beaver brook, Oxford county, in Denmark, 44 

Beaver brook, Somerset county 64 

Beaver pond, Franklin county 30-34 

Beaver ponds, The two, Oxford county. . 51 

Belgrade lakes, Kennebec and Somerset 

counties 37-40 

Belgrade lakes and tributaries, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 75 

Belgrade stream, Kennebec county 41 

Bemis stream and tributaries, Oxford 

county, (and Franklin county) 22-49 

Ben Morrison brook, Franklin county .... 23 
Benson pond (Big), Piscataquis county . . 60 
Benson pond (Little), Piscataquis county. . 60 
Berry pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries 38 

Bickford pond, Oxford county 44 

Big Concord pond, Oxford county, tribu- 
taries to 48, 49 

Big Fish lake, Aroostook county 18 

Big Gulf stream, Somerset county 65 

Big Huston pond, Piscataquis county .... 60 

Big and Little Indian ponds, tributaries ' 

to, Somerset county 65 

Big Lyford pond, Piscataquis county 62 

Big Rattlesnake pond, Cumberland county, 19 

Big Wood pond, Somerset county 63 

Billings pond, Hancock county 35 

Billings pond, Oxford county 52 

Bird pond, Oxford county 44 

Biscay pond, Lincoln county, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 81 

Blanchard pond, Franklin county 28 

Black (Upper and Lower) ponds, Oxford 

county 52 

Blunt pond, Hancock county 36 

Bog, The, so-called, Oxford county, (Nor- 
way) 53 

Bog brook and Bog pond, Franklin county, 32 



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Bog brook and tributaries, Oxford and 
Androscoggin counties, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 7g 

Bog brook (or Keay Brook), York county, 

and tributaries 74 

Bog brook, Franklin county 33 

Bog pond, Franklin county 32 

Bog pond, Oxford county 44 

Bolt brook, Somerset county 65 

Bond brook and tributaries, Kennebec 

county 157 

Bonneg Beg pond and tributaries, York 

county 72 

Boundary pond, Franklin county 34 

Bowen brook, Franklin county 22, 24 

Boyd lake, Piscataquis county 61 

Boyd's pond, Lincoln county, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 81 

Brackett lake, Aroostook and Washington 

counties, and tributaries 71 

Bradley pond, Oxford county 44 

Branch stream, Knox county 42 

Brassua lake and inlet, Somerset county. . 63-65 
Breakneck brook and tributaries, Cumber- 
land county 20 

Breakneck brook and tributaries, Cumber- 
land county, sawdust and other mill 

waste must not be thrown into 80 

Brettuns' pond, Androscoggin county 14 

Brewer pond, Penobscot county, (or Hines 

pond) 55 

Brook Kedar, Oxford county 48 

Brown brook, Somerset county 67 

Brown's brook, York county 73 

Brown brook, York county, and tributa- 
ries, sawdust and other mill waste must 

not be thrown into _ 75 

Bryant's pond, and tributaries to, Oxford 

county 49-50 

Bubble lake, Hancock county, and tribu- 
taries 35 

Buker pond, Kennebec county 39 

Bull branch, Oxford county 53 

Bungamuck pond, Oxford county . 44 

Bunganeaut pond, York county 73 

Burnt Land pond, Oxford county 44 

Burnt Meadow oond, Oxford county 44, 51 

Buttermilk ponds (first and fourth), Piscat- 
aquis county 60 



Camden, town of, protection of deer in. . . . 104 

Camp fires, building of 147 

Camp and kindle fires, non-residents cannot 

on wild lands without guides, when . . . 120 

Camp proprietors, licenses 142 



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Cancel certificates of guides, commissioners 

may 14! 

Canada lynx, bounty on 115 

Canada lynx, trapping- in "Letter A" and 

"Leavitt", in Aroostook county 143 

Capercailzie protected . . . . 127 

Caribou, protection of, etc 99 

Caribou, taking of for park purposes 92 

Certificates, commissioners may revoke.. 155 
Certificates, guides, commissioners may 

cancel when 141 

Chesterville, ice fishing in 21 

Chipmunks 107 

Cities may appoint wardens 157 

Civil action to recover penalties 153 

Close season on moose, caribou and deer, 99-100 

Close season and close time defined 3 

Cobbosseecontee stream, muskrats in.... 112 
Commissions of Deputy Wardens, commis- 
sioners may revoke 151 

Commissioners, their powers and duties.. 89 
Commissioners may screen lakes or author- 
ize same to be done 92 

Commissioners may take fish and game for 
scientific purposes, and certain game, also 

birds, for park purposes 91-92 

Constables are game wardens 151 

Corporations, service of warrants on 155 

Corinna, muskrats in Ill 

County attorneys, duties of, shall prosecute, 155 

Courts, jurisdiction of 154 

Courts must report prosecutions 156 

Cow and calf moose protected 99 

Crops, destruction of by deer 100-101 

Cross Island, protection of deer on 104 

Crows, not protected 126 

Cultivated land, trappers must obtain writ- 
ten consent of owner of, before setting 

traps on 143 

Cumberland county, protection of deer in. . 102 

Cusk , 12 



PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

"C" pond, Oxford county, and tributaries, 53 

Cambridge river (Dead), Oxford county, 53 
Cambridge river, Oxford county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 84 

Cambridge river (Swift), • Oxford County.. 53 

Campbell brook, Penobscot county 57 

Canaan lake, tributaries, Knox county ... 42 

Caribou lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Carleton pond, Kennebec county 38 

Carpenter pond, Piscataquis county 60 

Carter brook, Penobscot county 57 

Carrabasset river, Franklin county and 

Somerset county 34 

Carry pond (East), Somerset county 66 



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Casco, streams, rivers and brooks in, 
throwing of sawdust and mill waste pro- 
hibited 75 

Caucogomoc lake, Piscataquis county .... 60 

Cedar lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Center pond, Piscataquis county 60 

Chain of Ponds, Franklin county 33 

Chamberlain lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Chandler Mill stream, Franklin county... 22 

Charles pond, Oxford county 44 

Chase brook and tributaries, Aroostook 

county 18 

Chemo pond tributaries, Penobscot county, 56 
Chemquassabamticook lake, Piscataquis 

county 60 

Chepenticook lake, Aroostook and Wash- 
ington counties 71 

Chesuncook lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Chesterville, ice fishing in, Franklin county, 4-21 
Chickawaukee lake, tributary of, Knox 

county 43 

China lake and tributaries, Kennebec 

county 38 

Churchill lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Clay pond, Oxford county 44 

Clarkson's pond, York county 75 

Clearwater pond, and tributaries, Franklin 

county 22, 30 

Clear pond, Franklin county 34 

Clemons ponds, The two, Oxford county. . 44 

Cobbosseecontee lake and stream 37, 39 

Cochnewagon pond, Kennebec county, and 

tributaries 38 

Cold river and tributaries, Oxford county, 
sawdust and other mill waste must not 

be thrown into 84 

Cold brook, Penobscot and Piscataquis 

counties 57 

Cold brook, Oxford county 47 

Cold stream pond (Lower), Somerset 

county ' 63 

Cold stream pond, Penobscot county 55 

Cold stream and tributaries, Somerset 

county 67 

Colcord pond, Oxford county 44 

Collins pond, Cumberland county 20 

Concord pond (Little and Big), Oxford 

county 49 

Cottle brook, Franklin county 24 

Cook brook (and Bartlett brook), York 

county 73 

Coos brook, Franklin county 22 

Cow pond, Franklin county 30 

Crawford pond, Knox county, tributaries 
of, sawdust and other mill waste must 

not be thrown into 75 

Crocker pond, Hancock county 35 

Crocker pond, Somerset county 68-9 

Crooked pond, Penobscot county 59 

Crooked river, Cumberland county 19 



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Crocker pond, Oxford county 44 

Crosby ville stream, Franklin county 24 

Crossman stream, Franklin county 

Crotched pond or Echo lake, Kennebec 

County 42 

Crystal lake, Knox county, and tributaries", 42 

Cumberland county fish laws 19 

Cupsuptic lake, Oxford and Franklin coun- 
ties 28-29 

Cupsuptic pond, Oxford county .'.' 52 

Cupsuputic stream, Oxford and Franklin 

counties 28 

Cupsuptic river and tributaries, Oxford and 

Franklin counties 26 

Cusk, relating to taking in Moose river 

waters in night time 63 



Deer damaging crops, commissioners may 

pay for 101 

Deer, number of which one lumber camp 

can have in one season limited to six. . 105 

Deer, protection of, under general law, and 

transportation of 100-105 

Deer, special laws on, in certain counties 

and towns 102-103-104 

Deer, resident can take but one out of state 

in one season 134 

Deer cannot be sold or given away to be 

taken out of the state 125 

Deer, transportation of, by residents, under 

tag, without accompanying same 133 

Deer, taking of for park purposes 92 

Deer skin dealers must be licensed 145 

Deputy sheriffs are game wardens 151 

Deputy wardens, appointment and duties of 151 

Definition of salmon, trout, etc 97-98 

Disposition of seized game, birds and fish. . 133 

Dip net 11 

Dishonest licensees, penalty for, and license 
or commission may be revoked or can- 
celled 155 

Dogs cannot be used in hunting foxes on 

Swan's Island 106 

Dogs hunting or chasing moose, caribou 

or deer may be killed 102 

Dogs, use of in hunting big game prohib- 
ited, may be killed when 102 

Ducks, protection of under general law. . . 121 

Ducks, special law on, in Lincoln county. 122 

Ducks, special law on in Merrymeeting bay, 

and Eastern river 128 

Ducks, special law on, Hancock county. . . 122 

Ducks, special law on, in portion Kennebec 

river 128 

Ducks, (wood), special law on in Oxford 

county 122 



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Ducks, transporting out of state by resi- 
dents 124 

Duty of county attorneys 155 

Dynamite and other explosives, prohibited ' 

in taking fish 11 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Davis pond, Penobscot county 58 

Davis stream, Piscataquis county 61 

Day Mt. pond, inlets of, Strong and Avon, 

Franklin county 51 

Dead Cambridge river, Oxford county 53 

Dead river pond, tributary, Franklin 

county 33 

Dead stream pond, Somerset county 63 

Dead river, north branch, Franklin county, 33 

Dead river, south branch, Franklin county, 32-33 
Dead river, southwest branch, Franklin 

county 32-33 

Deer pond, Franklin county 32,33-34 

Debsconeag lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Dexter pond, Kennebec county 38 

Dexter pond, Penobscot county, and tribu- 
taries 55 

Dimmick ponds, The, and tributaries, 

Somerset county 67 

Dodge pond and tributaries, Franklin 

county • 30 

Donnell pond, Hancock county 36 

Donham brook, Oxford county 55 

Douglass pond, Somerset county 63 

Doughty pond, Piscataquis county, tribu- 
taries to , 61 

Duck pond, tributaries of, Cumberland 

county • 10 

Duck Puddle pond, Lincoln county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 81 

Dutton ■ pond, tributaries to, Franklin 

county 22-34 

Durham in And. Co., waters in 14-15 

Dyer brook, Aroostook county 18 

Dyer's pond, Lincoln county, and tribu- 
taries 43 



Eagles, protection of 127 

Eastern river, protection of ducks in 129 

Eden, protection of deer in 103 

Eels, taking of in closed waters, etc 12-92 

Eels, regulations of commissioners, regard- 
ing taking 92 

Eggs of wild birds protected 126 

Eggemoggin reach, motor boats cannot be 

used for hunting ducks in 131 

Eider duck, protection of 122 



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Eliot, town of, protection of deer in 104 

English sparrows, not protected 126 

Exempted waters 97 

Explanations '.'..[ 3 

Explosives, unlawful to use for destroy- 
ing fish 11 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Eagle lake, Hancock county, and tribu- 
taries 3g 

Eagle lake, Piscataquis county 60 

East pond, Kennebec and Somerset coun- 
ties, and tributaries . 37-40 

East pond and tributaries, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into .• 75 

Eastbrook, waters in, law on black bass in, 37 

E. Branch Penobscot river, Penobscot 
county, certain tributaries of, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 

East Carry pond, Somerset county...'.'.'.'.' 66 
Ebb Horse stream, Penobscot and Piscata- 
quis counties 57 

Ebemee ponds, Piscataquis county..'.'.'.'.'.'.' 60 

Echo lake, or Crotched pond, Kennebec 

county 42 

Eden, waters in, law on black bass in... 37 

Eden, protection of deer in ■ 103 

Eels in St. Georges river ..'.'. 43 

Ellis pond, Kennebec county 37-40 

Ellis pond (or Roxbury pond) Oxford 

county 54 

Ellis river and tributaries, Oxford county, 51 

Ellis river and tributaries, mill waste must 

not be thrown into {$3 

Ellis pond and tributaries, Kennebec coun- 
ty, sawdust and other mill waste must 

not be thrown into 75 

Ellis stream, "Waldo county, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 75 

Ellis pond, Somerset county 62 

Embden pond (Great), Somerset county, 

and tributaries 63-65 

Etna pond, Penobscot county 56 



Falsely assuming to be a warden or other 

official 152 

Federal game law 14g 

Feeding troughs, interference with or de- 
struction of 92 

Fines, collection and disposal of 153-154 

Fines for illegal killing of moose, caribou 

and deer 101 

Fires, camp, must be wholly extinguished, 147-148 



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Fires, kindle, non-residents who, must have 
guide, when on wild lands, hunting or 

fishing 120 

Fish, general law on 4-5 

Fish and game wardens, fire wardens... 151 
Fish and game may be taken by commis- 
sioners for scientific purposes 91 

Fish, number of pounds which may be 

taken, and transported 8 

Fish, transportation of, under tag 6-7 

Fish, live, transportation of beyond the 

limits of this state 90 

Fish, sale and purchase of certain, pro- 
hibited 6 

Fish spawn, use of prohibited in fishing, 10 
Fish wardens, appointment of by towns 

and cities 157 

Fisher, protection of •. . . Ill 

Fisher skins, dealers in, must be licensed, 145 

Fish, regulations for transportation 6-8-99 

Fishways 93-94-95 

Firearms, governor may prohibit use of in 

dry season 108 

Firearms, noiseless, use of prohibited 109 

Flies, artificial, use of in fishing 10 

Forbidden implements in fishing 10 

Forbidden methods of hunting game birds 

and big game 102-128 

Foxes, hunting of with dogs, prohibited on 

Swan's Island 106 

Franklin county, general fishing laws in. . . 4 
Frenchman's Bay, use of motor boats in 

hunting water fowl in, prohibited 129 

Fryeburg, special gray squirrel law in 107 

Fur bearing animals, protection of Ill 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Fahi pond, Somerset county 63 

Fall brook, Somerset county 64 

Farrington pond, Oxford county 44 

Fenderson brook and tributaries, York 

county 74 

Ferguson stream, Somerset county, sawdust 
or other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 86 

Fish pond, Somerset county, and outlet of, 64-69 

Fish pond (Little), outlet of, Somerset / 

county 64-5 

First pond, Hancock county 35 

First and Fourth Buttermilk ponds, Piscat- 
aquis county 60 

Fish river, Aroostook county IS 

Fish river, and tributaries, Aroostook 
county, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 79 

Fish stream, Penobscot county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 85 

Fitts pond and Little Fitts pond, Penob- 
scot county 59 



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PAGE 
Flagstaff pond (or Pickerel pond), tribu- 
taries to, Somerset county . 66 

Flagg dam, Franklin county . ... 82 

Flanders pond, Hancock county 36 

Flat Iron pond, Franklin county 27 

Flying pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries 37 

Folsom pond, Penobscot county 59 

Folsom stream, Penobscot county 56 

Folly pond, York county 75 

Four ponds, tributaries to, Franklin county, 22-31 

Fowler pond, Piscataquis county 60 

Franklin, Hancock county, waters in, law 

on black bass in 37 

Franklin county, fish laws in 21 

Franklin county, certain waters in, special 

day limit on . 32 

Franklin, special law on streams in 37 

Freeman, waters in, Franklin county 31 



.Game and fish, commissioners may take 

for scientific purposes 91 

Game, live, transportation of beyond limits 

of state 90 

Game birds, sale and purchase of, pro- 
hibited 124 

Game and birds cannot be sold or given 

away to be taken out of state 125 

Game and birds for park purposes 92 

Game and birds, prohibited devices in hunt- 
ing 128 

Game birds, protection of 121-122-123 

Game birds, transportation out of state by 

residents 124 

Game birds, transportation of under tag. . 134 
Game and birds, transportation by non- 
resident licensed hunters 135 

Game and birds, transportation of in Maine 

by residents 134 

Game wardens, appointment and duties of, 150 

Gang hooks, use of 10 

Gill hook, use of 10 

Gaspereau, definition of 98 

Golden eye or whistler, special law on in 

Hancock county 122 

Governor may prohibit taking of firearms 

into woods in dry season 108 

Grapnel, use of in fishing prohibited 10 

Gray squirrels 106-107 

Guides' licenses 140 

Guides, non-resident, license 142 

Guides, non-resident must employ in cer- 
tain cases 120 

Guides must not guide more than 5 per- 
sons, when 120 

Game birds defined 126 



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Gammon pond, Somerset county 63 

Garland pond, tributaries of, Oxford 

county 46 

Garland pond, outlet of, Piscataquis coun- 
ty 61-62 

Gilman pond, Somerset county 63 

Goding brook, York county 74 

Goodwin's brook, Somerset county 65 

Grace pond, Somerset county 68 

Grace pond tract, Somerset county, waters 

in 69 

Grand lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Grand lake and stream, Washington county, 71 

Grandeur pond, Oxford county 44 

Grassy pond, Knox county 43 

Great brook, Oxford county, and tributa- 
ries 47 

Great Embden pond, and tributaries, 

Somerset county 63, 65 

Great Moose lake (or Moose pond), and 

tributaries, Somerset county 63-65 

Great Watchic pond and tributaries, Cum- 
berland county 19 

Green lake, and tributaries, Hancock 

county 35 

Greenwood pond (Large), Piscataquis 

county 60 

Great pond, Kennebec county, and tributa- 
ries ! 37, 40 

Great pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries, sawdust and other mill waste 

mus+ not be thrown into 75 

Grindstone pond, Franklin county 34 

Gulf stream (Big and Little), Somerset 

county 64-5 

Gull pond, Franklin county 28 

H 

Hancock county, protection of golden eye 

or whistler in 122 

Hawks not protected 126 

Herring defined 98 

Herons, blue 127 

Hooks, gang, gill and top, use of in fishing, 10 

Hope, town of, protection of deer in 104 

Hungarian partridge, protection of 127 

Hunters' and trappers' licenses 142 

Hunting licenses, N. R. and unnaturalized 

foreign-born residents 135-138 

Hunting prohibited on Kineo Point 110 

Hunting accidents 120 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Haley pond, Oxford county 44 

Half Moon pond, Oxford county 44 



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Half Moon stream and tributaries, Waldo 

county 

Half Moon stream, Waldo county,' sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be 

thrown into 75 

Hall pond, Oxford county 54 

Hancock pond, tributaries to, Oxford 

county 48 

Hancock county fish laws 35 

Hancock pond, tributaries to, Somerset 

county •. 

Hancock, town of. county of ' Hancock, 

waters in, law on black bass in 37 

Hanscom brook, York county 74 

Hasey brook, Knox county 42 

Hayden lake, and tributaries, Somerset 

county 

Heath brook and tributaries, York' county, 
sawdust and other mill waste must not 

be thrown into 

Hebron (lake), tributaries of, Piscataquis 

county 61 

Hicks pond, Oxford county 49 

Higgins stream, Somerset county 65 

Higgins stream and tributaries, Somerset 
and Piscataquis counties, sawdust and 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 

Highland lake, Cumberland and ' Oxford 

counties, and tributaries of 21, 51 

Highland lake and tributaries, Cumberland 
and Oxford counties, sawdust and other 
mill waste must not be thrown into... 80 

Hines pond (or Brewer pond), Penobscot 

county 55 

Hobbs pond, Knox county 42 

Hogan pond, Oxford county 44,52 

Holland brook, Franklin county '22 

Horn pond and tributaries, York county, 74 

Horseshoe pond, Kennebec county 39 

Horseshoe pond, Oxford county 44 

Horseshoe pond, Somerset county 63 

Hot brook lake and stream and tributa- 
ries, Aroostook and Washington coun- 
ties 71 

Howard's pond, Oxford county, tributaries 

to 46, 52 

Hurd brook, Hancock county 36 

Huston pond (Big), Piscataquis county.... 60 

Huston pond (Little), Piscataquis county, 62 



I 

Ice fishing under general law 5 

Inland fish and game warden, appointment 

and duties of 150 

Introduction of certain fish, birds and ani- 
mals, prohibited 13 

T.sle au Haut, protection of deer on 103 



172 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

PAGE 

Indian pond, Franklin county 30 

Indian pond and tributaries to, Oxford 

county 46, 49 

Indian pond (Big and Little), tributaries 

to, Somerset county 65 

Indian river stream, Washington county, 72 

Intervale brook, Hancock county 36 

Iron Bound pond and tributaries, Somerset 

county 67 



Jack lights, possession of contraband 

when 11 

Jack lights, use of in hunting prohibited* 102 

Judkins' meadow, Prentiss, muskrats in... Ill 

Jurisdiction of courts 154 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Jackson mill stream, Lincoln county, saw- 
dust and other mill waste must not be 

thrown into 82 

Jay Bird pond, Oxford county 45 

Jenne pond, in Oxford and Franklin coun- 
ties 45 

Jim brook and pond, Franklin county 26 

Jimmy brook, Somerset county 65 

Jimmy pond and tributaries, Kennebec 

county 39 

Jo Mary lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Joe Weeks' Mill stream, Lincoln county, 
sawdust and other mill waste must not 

be thrown into 82 

John's pond, Franklin county 27 

Johnson brook, Somerset county 65 

Johnson Mt. Township, Somerset county, 

waters in 67 

Jordan pond, Hancock county 35 



K 

Kennebec county, protection of deer in. . 102 

Kennebec county general fish law 4 

Kennebec river, protection of ducks in por- 
tion of, hunting ducks in night time pro- 
hibited in portion of 128 

Kineo point, hunting on prohibited 110 

Kingfisher 127 

Kittery, protection of deer in 104 

Knox county, protection of deer 102 



173 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

PAGE 

Kamankeag brook, Franklin county 27 

Keay brook, York county 74 

Kedar brook, Oxford county 48 

Keene brook, Knox county 43 

Kennebago lakes and stream, tributary to, 

Franklin county 26-27-28-29 

Kennebec county fish laws 37 

Keoka lake (or Tom pond or Thomas 

pond), Oxford county 45 

Kezar pond (Lower), Oxford county 46 

Kezar pond (Upper), and tributaries, Ox- 
ford county 47 

Kezar pond (Upper), Oxford county, tribu- 
taries of, sawdust must not be thrown 

into 85 

Kezars, The Five, Oxford county 44 

Kej^es pond, Oxford county 44 

Kimball brook, Penobscot county, sawdust 
or other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 85 

Kingman brook, Oxford county 48 

Kingsbury pond, Somerset county 63 

Kingsbury stream, Piscataquis county ... 62 

Kneeland pond, Oxford county 44 

Knox county fish laws 42 



Lacey Bill, so-called 148 

Landlocked salmon, definition of, and close 
time under general law, transportation 

of 4-5-6-97 

Landlocked salmon, length of which may be 

taken 5 

Landlocked salmon, sale and purchase of 

prohibited 6 

Landlocked salmon, number of pounds 
which may be taken in one day by one 

person, under general law 8 

Launches and all boats except sail or row 
boats, prohibited in hunting sea birds, 

duck and water fowl, where..... 129-130-131 

Length of fish which may be taken under 

general law 5 

"Letter A" and "Leavitt", trapping bob 

cat, loupcervier, and Canada lynx in. . . 143 

Licenses, commissioners may revoke and 

cancel 155 

Licenses: 

Non-resident hunting 135 

Guides 140 

Camp proprietors 142 

Hunters and trappers of fur bearing 

animals 142 

Marketmen and provision dealers 144 

Dealers in deer skins and skins of ot- 
ter, sable and fisher 145 



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PAGE 
Dealers in skins, non-resident and un- 
naturalized foreign-born resident . . 146 
Unnaturalized, foreign-born hunting 

license 138 

Taxidermist 146 

To take birds, nests and eggs for scien- 
tific purposes 146 

Transportation of game, birds and fish 

without accompanying same 6-133-134 

To take partridge, ducks and woodcock 

out of state by residents 124 

For resident to take a moose out of 

state 135 

Lights required on boats 130 

Limit of fish allowed one person in one 

day, under general law 8 

Lincoln county, protection of deer in.... 102 

Lincoln county, special law on ducks in. . . 122 

Lines, number of which may be used 11 

Live bait 12 

Live fish and game, transportation of be- 
yond limits of state 90 

Long pond, Cumberland county, special 

law on 4 

Loupcervier, bounty on 115 

Loupcervier, trapping of, in "Letter A", and 

"Leavitt", Aroostook county 143 

Loons 127 

Lumber camps cannot use over 6 deer in 

one season 105 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

"L" pond, York county 72 

Lake Auburn, Androscoggin county, and 

tributaries 14-15 

Lake Annabessacook, Kennebec county .... 42 
Lake George, tributaries to, Somerset 

county 64 

Lake Hebron, Piscataquis county, tribu- 
tary to 61 

Lake Maranacook, Kennebec county 37 

Lake Parlin and outlet, Somerset county, 69 

Lake Pennesseewassee, Oxford county ... 53 

Lake St. George, Waldo county 70 

Lake Sebasticook, Penobscot county 56 

Lake Umbagog, Oxford county 52 

Lake Webb, Franklin county.. 25 

Lake Webb, Franklin county, tributaries 

of, sawdust must, not be thrown into.... 81 
Lambert lake, and tributaries, Washing- 
ton county 71 

Lang pond and tributaries, and Lang 

stream and tributaries, Somerset county, 65 
Large Greenwood pond, Piscataquis coun- 
ty 60 

Lazy Tom, Piscataquis county, tributary to 

Roach river 62 

Lermond's pond, Knox county 42 

Levenseller pond, Waldo county 71 



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Lily pond, Knox county 43 

Lincoln county fish laws 43 

Lincoln pond, Oxford county.. 54 

Little Madawaska river, Aroostook county, 
sawdust and mill waste must not be 

thrown into 79 

Little pond, Kennebec countv, and tribu- 
taries 37, 40 

Little pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 75 

Little pond, Oxford county 44 

Little Bear pond, Oxford county, tributa- 
ries to 4g 

Little Benson pond, Piscataquis county ... 60 

Little Big- Wood pond, Somerset county . . 63 

Little Concord pond, Oxford county 48-9 

Littlefleld pond, Piscataquis county 60 

Littlefleld pond, York county 72 

Little Fish pond, Somerset countv 64-65 

Little Fitts pond, Penobscot county 59 

Little Gulf stream, Somerset county 65 

Little Huston pond, Piscataquis county . . 62 

Little Indian pond, Somerset county 65 

Little Kennebago lake 27 

Little Lobster lake, Piscataquis county . . 61 
Little Ossipee river, York county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 88 

Little Pennesseewassee, Oxford county, 

tributary to 46 

Little Purgatiory pond, Kennebec county. . 39 
Little Pushaw, and tributaries, Penobscot 

county 58 

Little Saco river, Oxford county 48 

Little Sebago lake and tributaries, Cumber- 
land county 19 

Little Tunk pond, Hancock county 36 

Lobster lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Locke's brook and tributaries, York county, 74 

Long pond, Androscoggin county 14-15 

Long pond, tributary to, Franklin county, 22 
Long pond, Litchfield, Kennebec county. . 39 
Long pond, Kennebec county, and tributa- 
ries 37, 40 

Long pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 75 

Long pond, Oxford county, in Waterford, 44 
Long pond, Oxford county, partly in Den- 
mark 44 

Long pond, Oxford county, in Porter .... 44 

Long pond, Oxford county 52 

Long pond, Penobscot county 59 

Long pond stream, Piscataquis county... 61 

Long pond, York county, and tributary.... 73 

Loon lake, Franklin county 30 

Lovejoy pond, Kennebec county 38 

Lovewell's pond, Oxford county 44 

Lower Black pond, Oxford county 52 



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Lower Cold stream pond, Somerset county, 63 

Lower Kezar pond, Oxford county 46 

Lower Kimball pond, Oxford county 44 

Lower Metallic pond, Oxford county 54 

Lower Range pond, Androscoggin county, 14-16-17 

Lower Wilson pond, Piscataquis county . . 62 
Lufkin pond, and tributary to, Franklin 

county 22, 31 

Lyford (Big) pond, Piscataquis county ... 62 



M 

Marketmen and provision dealers' licenses, 144 
Merrymeeting Bay, protection of ducks in, 
hunting of ducks in night prohibited, 
hunting ducks with motor boat prohib- 
ited in 129 

Mink, commissioners may destroy around 

hatcheries 92 

Mink, general law on Ill 

Minnows for bait 12 

Moose, protection of 99 

Moose, transportation of by residents and 

non-residents 133-135-137 

Moose, protection of on Mt. Desert Island, 99 & 100 
Moose, transportation of by resident under 

tags 133 

Moose, resident must purchase tag in or- 
der to take out of state 135 

Moose, cannot be sold or given away to be 

taken out of state 125 

Moose, taking of for park purposes 92 

Motor boats, use of prohibited in French- 
man's bay, Merrymeeting bay, Bluehill 
bay, Saco bay, Eggemoggin reach, por- 
tion of Kennebec and Eastern rivers, and 
in all inland waters in hunting water 

fowl 128-129-131 

Muskrat, protection of under general law, 111 

Muskrat, protection of under special laws, 111-112 

Muskrat houses, protection of 114 

Mt. Desert, protection of deer in 103 

Motor boats must be muffled 130 

Mudhens 127 

Mufflers required on motor boats in certain 

cases 130 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Madawaska lake, tributary to 18 

Madawaska (Little) river and tributaries, 
Aroostook county, mill waste must not be 

thrown into 79 

Madrid, Franklin county, streams in 23 

Madunkunk brook, Penobscot and Piscata- 
quis counties 57 

Main stream and tributary, Somerset 

county 65 



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PAGE 
Maranacook lake and tributaries, Kenne- 
bec county 32 

Marsh stream, and tributaries, Waldo - 

county 70-71 

Marshall pond, Oxford county, and tribu- 
tary 55 

Martin pond, Somerset county 69 

Mattawamkeag lake, Aroostook county 18 

Mattawamkeag stream, West Branch of, 
and tributaries, Penobscot county, cer- 
tain waste must not be thrown into 85 

Mattawamkeag river, certain tributary of, 
sawdust or other mill waste must not 

be thrown into 85 

Mattanawcook lake, Penobscot county.... 59- 

Mayfield pond, Somerset county 63 

McGraw pond and tributaries, Kennebec 

county 37-40 

McGraw pond and tributaries, Kennebec 
county, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 75 

Meadow brook, Oxford county 52 

Medomac river, Knox county 42 

Megalloway river, Oxford county 54 

Megalloway waters, Oxford county 54 

Messabesic pond, York county 72 

Metallic ponds ( Upper and Lower), Oxford 

county 54 

Metalluc brook, Oxford county 54 

Metalluc and Mill brooks, Franklin county, 22 

Middle Branch pond, York county 72 

Middle pond, Cumberland county 20 

Middle Range pond, Androscoggin county, 14-16-17 

Mill brook, Cumberland county. 20 

Mill brook, Franklin county 22 

Mill brook, Oxford county 47 

Millinocket lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Minnehonk lake, tributary to, Kennebec 

county 41 

Misery stream, Somerset county 65 

Molridgewock pond and stream, Oxford 

county 55 

Monmouth, Kennebec county, tributaries to 

waters in, closed 38 

Monson pond stream, Piscataquis county. . 61 

Moose pond, Oxford county, in Waterford, 44 

Moose pond, Oxford county, in Denmark, 44 

Moose pond, Oxford county, in Paris 44 

Moose lake, Great, and tributaries, Som- 
erset county (formerly Moose pond) . . 63-65 

Moose river, Piscataquis county 61 

Moose river, Franklin county 33 

Moose river waters, Somerset county 63 

Moosehead lake, Somerset and Piscataquis 
counties and tributaries, and west out- 
let of 60-61-62-65 

Mooselookmeguntic lake 28-29 

Morrill pond, Somerset county 62 

Mosquito pond and tributaries, Somerset 

county 67-68 



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Mosquito stream, Somerset county 

Mountain brook, Hancock county 

Mountain pond, Franklin county 

Mountain pond and tributaries, Somerset 
county 

Mt. Vernon, waters in where sawdust and 
other mill waste is prohibited . 

Mousam Long pond, York county 

Moxie pond, and tributaries, Somerset 
county 

M. T. Abbey pond, Oxford county 

Mud pond and tributaries to, Franklin 
county 

Mud pond, Kennebec county 

Mud pond, Oxford county 

Mud pond, Somerset county 

Muddy pond, Knox county 

Munsungan lake, Piscataquis county 

Mt. Blue pond and stream, and tributaries, 
Franklin county 

Mt. Blue pond and outlet of, Franklin coun- 
ty 

Mt. Desert, waters in, law on black bass in, 

McGraw pond 

McWain pond, Oxford county 

N 

Nests of wild birds protected 

Nets 

Newspapers, commissioners may have for 
use in office 

Noiseless firearms, use of prohibited 

Non-residents must employ guides in cer- 
tain cases 

Non-resident guide licenses 

Non-resident hunting licenses 

Number of lines which may be used 

Number of game birds which may be taken 

in one day, by one person 1 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Nahmakanta lake, Piscataquis county .... 

Naples, streams, rivers and brooks in, 
throwing of sawdust and mill waste pro- 
hibited 

Narraguagus lake, Hancock county 

Narrows pond and tributaries, Kennebec 
county 

Nash stream, Franklin county 

North lake, Aroostook and Washington 
counties, and tributaries 

North pond and tributaries to, Franklin 
county 

North pond, Kennebec and Somerset coun- 
ties, and tributaries 

North pond, sawdust and other mill waste 
must not be thrown into 

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North pond, Oxford county, in Norway. . . 44 

North pond, and tributaries, in Greenwood 

and Woodstock, Oxford county 44,49 

North pond, in Buckfield and Sumner, Ox- 
ford county 44 

North Twin lake, Piscataquis county....... 60 

Norton brook, and tributaries, York county, 
sawdust and other mill waste must not 

be thrown into 75 

North W. Branch of Marsh stream, Waldo 

county 70 

Northern pond, Waldo county, tributaries 

to 71 

North Branch Dead river, Franklin county, 33 

North Branch Sandy river, Franklin 

county 22 

North Branch Sourdabscook stream, Penob- 
scot county 57 

Norton pond, Knox county 42 

Noyes pond, and tributaries, Hancock 

county 35 

Number Nine lake, Aroostook county.... 17 



Officers may arrest without warrant, when, 153 

Open season and open time defined 3 

Otter, protection of Ill 

Otter, skin dealers must be licensed 145 

Owls, not protected 126 

Oxford county, rabbit law in 105 

Oxford county, gray squirrel law, special, 

in certain territory in 107 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Oakes pond, Somerset county 63 

Olamon stream, Penobscot county, saw- 
dust and other mill waste must not be 

thrown into 86 

Onawa lake, Piscataquis county, tributa- 
ries of 61 

Otter pond, Oxford county 52 

Overset pond, Oxford county 45-49 

Ox Bow pond, Kennebec county 39 

Oxford county fish laws 44 



Park, purposes, game and birds may be 

taken when 92 

Participants compelled to testify 156 

Partridge, Hungarian, protection of 127 

Partridge, (ruffed grouse) protection and 

transportation of 123-124 

Partridge, number of which may be taken 
in 1 day by 1 person 124 



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Partridge, tag to transport out of state, 

by residents 124 

Pemaquid pond, Lincoln county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 81 

Penalty for destroying notices posted by 

commissioners 91 

Penalty for dishonest licensees 155 

Penalty for falsely assuming to be an of- 
ficer 152 

Penalties, how recovered 153 

Penalties and fines, disposition of 154 

Penalties, for illegal killing of moose, cari- 
bou, deer, birds and fish, hunting with- 
out license 101-123-125-126-138 

Penalty for violating rules and regulations 
of commissioners and for mutilating, 
defacing, or destroying notices of such 

regulations 91 

Penobscot county, rabbit law in. 106 

Permits, commissioners may grant, to keep 
game for park purposes, to engage in ar- 
tificial fish culture, to screen lakes 92. 96 

Permits, commissioners may revoke 155 

Pheasant, protection of 127 

Phippsburg, town of, protection of deer in, 103 

Piscataquis county, rabbit law in 106 

Plover, protection of 123 

Plymouth, muskrats in . 112 

Poisoning of animals, prohibited 119 

Poisoning of fish, prohibited 11 

Police officers are game wardens 151 

Pollution of certain streams 75 

Portland, hunting waterfowl prohibited in 

Back Bay in 110 

Pounds of fish which may be taken under 

general law 8 

Prohibited devices in fishing . . > 10 

Prosecutions must be reported 156 

Protection of birds other than game birds, 126 

Provision dealers' licenses 144 

Purchase and sale of certain fish prohib- 
ited 6 

Purchase and sale of game birds pro- 
hibited 124 



PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Palmer pond, Somerset county 62 

Panther pond, Cumberland county ........ 19 

Pappoose pond, Oxford county 44 

Parker pond, Cumberland county, and trib- 
utaries 20 

Parker pond and tributaries, Franklin 
and Kennebec counties, (see Kennebec 

county) 41 

Parker pond, Penobscot county 56 

Parlin pond, tributaries to, Somerset 

county 65 



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Parlin Pond Township, Somerset county, 

waters in 

Parlin stream, and tributaries, Somerset 

county 69 

Parmachenee lake, Oxford county ! 54 

Pattie's pond, Kennebec county 42 

Pease pond, and tributaries to, Franklin 

county 25 

Pease stream, Franklin county 22 

Pemadumcook lake, Piscataquis county ... 60 
Pemaquid pond, Lincoln county, must not 

throw mill waste into 81 

Pennesseewassee lake and Little Pennessee- 

wassee, Oxford county, tributaries to . . 46, 53 

Penobscot county, fish laws 55 

Penobscot river, drift nets, use of in 59-60 

Penobscot river, East Branch, certain tribu- 
taries of, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 85 

Penobscot stream, Penobscot county 56 

Pepper pond, Piscataquis county 60 

Perry pond and tributaries, Somerset 

county gy 

Perham stream, and tributaries, Franklin 

county 23-24 

Phillips, Franklin county, streams in 23 

Phillips lake, tributaries of, Hancock 

county 36 

Pickerel pond, Hancock county 35 

Pickerel pond, Kennebec county 38 

Pickerel pond, tributaries to, Oxford county, 46 
Pickerel (or Flagstaff) pond and tributa- 
ries, Somerset county 63 

Pierce pond, Somerset county . 66 

Pinkham pond, Lincoln county 44 

Piscataquis county fish laws 60 

Piscataquis river (south branch) and tribu- 
taries, sawdust and other mill waste must 

not be thrown into 87 

Pleasant pond, Androscoggin county...!.'! 14 

Pleasant pond, Cumberland county 20 

Pleasant pond, Kennebec county 39 

Pleasant pond, Lincoln county 43 

Pleasant pond, Somerset county 66 

Pleasant pond, Oxford county 44 

Plummer brook, Oxford county 48 

Pocasset lake, Kennebec county 38 

Porter brook, Knox county 43 

Porter pond, Franklin county, tributaries 

to 

Prestile stream and tributaries, Aroostook 

county 18 

Proctor pond, Oxford county 44 

Puffer ponds, The, Penobscot county 58 

Purgatory and Little Purgatory ponds, 

Kennebec county 39 

Pushaw lake and tributaries, Penobscot 

county gg 

Pushaw pond, (Little) Penobscot county!! 58 



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Quail, protection of 123 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 
Quimby pond, Franklin county 31 

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Rabbits, protection of and methods of hunt- 
ing same which are prohibited 106 

Red squirrels, protection of in Knox county, 107 

Report of prosecutions to be made by 

courts and wardens 156 

Report, annual, of commissioners 89 

Resident can take but one deer out of state 

in one season 134 

Resident must buy tag in order to take a 

moose out of state 135 

Riparian proprietor, powers of, and trans- 
portation of fish by 95 

Rockport, town of, protection of deer in.. 104 

Ruffed grouse (partridge), protection of, 

etc 123 

Ruffed grouse (partridge), number of 

which may be taken in 1 day 124 

Rules and Regulations of Commissioners, 

how adopted, penalty for violating 89 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Ragged lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Rangeley lake, and tributaries to, Frank- 
lin county 22 

Rangeley chain of lakes, Oxford and 

Franklin counties 28-29 

Rangeley stream and lake, Franklin county, 29 

Range ponds, Androscoggin county 14-16 

Rapid river and stream, Oxford county.. 46,52 

Rapid stream, Franklin county 32 

Rattlesnake pond (Big), Cumberland 

county 19 

Rattlesnake pond, Oxford county 44 

Raymond, streams, rivers and brooks in, 

throwing of sawdust prohibited 75 

Red Rock brook, Oxford county 47 

Richardson lakes, Oxford and Franklin 

counties 28-29 

Richardson ponds (East and West), Ox- 
ford county 50-51 

Richardson lake (Upper), tributaries to, 

Franklin county . . . . • 22 

Ripley pond (or Rogers pond), Somerset 

county 64 

Roach river, Piscataquis county 62 

Roberts Rock brook, Penobscot and Piscata- 
quis counties 57 



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Rogers (or Ripley) pond, Somerset county, 64 

Ross pond, tributaries to, Franklin county, 22 

Round pond, Androscoggin county 14-15 

Round pond and tributaries, Franklin 

county 30 

Round pond, in Greenwood and Woodstock, 

Oxford county, and tributaries 45-48-49 

Round pond, Somerset county 62 

Rowell pond, Somerset county 62 

Rowe brook, Hancock county 36 

Roxbury pond, Oxford county, tributaries 

of 46 

Roxbury pond, Oxford county, (or Ellis 

pond) 54 

Rump pond, Oxford county 52 



Sable, protection of Ill 

Sable skins, dealers in, must be licensed.. 145 
Sagadahoc county, protection of deer in. . 102 
Sale and purchase of certain fish prohib- 
ited 6 

Sale and purchase of game birds prohibited, 124 

Salmon, definition of 97 

Salmon, landlocked, general law on, length 
of which may be taken, under general 

law, transportation of 4-5-6 

Salmon trout, definition of 97 

Salt lick, unlawful to maintain 101 

Sandpipers, protection of 123 

Sawdust, throwing of into certain waters 

prohibited 75 

Scotch island, protection of deer in 104 

Screens, commissioners may grant permits 
to erect same at outlet of lakes, protec- 
tion of 12-92 

Search and seizure of game 132 

Search warrants 152 

Sebago lake special law on 4 

Sebasticook lake, and certain of its tribu- 
taries, muskrats in Ill 

Seine, use of prohibited 10 

Seized game and fish and disposal of 133 

Service on corporations 155 

Set lines may be used, when, and use of 

prohibited, when 5-10» 

Sheriffs are game wardens 151 

Shooting of a human being, accidental, 

while hunting, penalty for 120' 

Silencers on firearms prohibited 109 

Single baited hook and line 10 

Smelts may be taken for food purposes 

when 12" 

Snares, prohibited in hunting game and 

birds 102" 

Snipe, protection of 123 

Song birds protected 126 

Southwest Harbor, protection of deer in, 103 



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Sparrows, English, not protected 126 

Spawning beds, protection of 92 

Spawn, fish, use of prohibited for bait . . 10 

Spears, use of prohibited in fishing 10 

Spears, contraband, when 11 

Spinners 10 

Spoon hooks 10 

Stupefying substance, or poison, unlawful 

to use for destroying fish 11 

Squirrels, gray, black and red, protec- 
tion of 106-7 

Suckers, taking of in closed waters 12 

Suckers may be taken with spears, when.. 12 

Sunday, close time for hunting 12 

St. Croix river, close time for fishing in 4 

St. Georges river, eels in 43 

Swan's Island, hunting of foxes with dogs 

prohibited 106 

Swan's Island, protection of deer on 104 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL PISH LAWS. 

Sabbath Day pond and tributaries, Cum- 
berland county 19 

Sabattus pond, Androscoggin county .... 16 

Saco (Little) river, Oxford county 48 

Saddleback stream and tributary, Franklin 

county 22, 23, 24 

Saddleback Mountain, ponds on, Franklin 

county 28 

St. George lake, Waldo county 70 

St. Georges river, Waldo county, sawdust 
and other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 75 

St. Georges river, Warren, Knox county, 

taking of eels in 43 

Salem and Strong, waters in, Franklin 

county 31 

Salmon lake, Franklin county , . 28 

Sam Ayers brook, Penobscot and Piscata- 
quis counties 57 

Sand pond, Kennebec county 39 

Sand pond, and tributaries, Oxford county, 48 

Sandy pond, Somerset county 63 

Sandy river, Franklin county, above and 

below Weymouth bridge 23-24 

Sandy River, North Branch and South 
Branch and other tributaries, Franklin 

county 22,23,24 

Sandy river pond, and tributaries to, Frank- 
lin county 22, 23 

Sandy stream, Somerset county 67-68 

Sandy stream, Waldo county, sawdust and 

other mill waste must not be thrown into, 75 
Sandy stream and tributaries, Waldo 

county 70 

Schoolhouse brook, Hancock county 36 

Schoolhouse brook, Kennebec county .... 41 
Schoodic Grand lake, Aroostook and Wash- 
ington counties 71 



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Schoodic lake, Piscataquis county . 60 

Sebago lake, tributaries to, Cumberland 

county ". 19 

Sebasticook river and lake, Penobscot 

county 55, 58 

Sebec lake, Piscataquis county, and tribu- 
tary 60 

Seboeis lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Seboeis river, Penobscot county, sawdust 
or other mill waste must not be thrown 

^ into 85 

Second lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Senecar brook, Hancock county 37 

Seven ponds, Franklin county 27 

Seven ponds stream, Franklin county... 27 

Seven Tree pond, tributaries of, Waldo 
county, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into .. . 75 

Shadow pond, Piscataquis county 62 

Shagg pond, Oxford county 48, 49 

Shaker pond, York county 72 

Shepard river, tributaries to, Oxford 

county 50 

Shin brook, Penobscot county, sawdust or 
other mill waste must not be thrown 

into 85 

Ship pond and tributaries and stream, 

Piscataquis county 61 

Shirley brook, Oxford county 47 

Shorey pond, Kennebec county 39 

Sibley pond, Somerset county 63 

Slab City pond, Oxford county 44 

Smith pond, Somerset county 63 

Snow pond, Kennebec county, tributaries 

to 37-40 

Snow pond and tributaries, Kennebec coun- 
ty, sawdust and other mill waste must 

not be thrown into 75 

Somerset county fish laws 62 

Songo lock, Cumberland county 19 

Somerset county, law on fishing- in certain 

townships in 66-69 

Songo pond, Oxford county, and tributa- 
ries 44 

Songo river, Cumberland county 19 

Sokokis lake, York county 73 

South pond and tributaries to, Oxford 

county 46, 49 

South Branch pond, Piscataquis county . . 60 

South Branch, Dead river, Franklin county, 32-33 

South Branch Piscataquis river, certain 
tributaries to, sawdust and other mill 

waste must not be thrown into 87 

South Branches Sandy river, Franklin 

county • 23 

South Branch Sandy river (or Crossman 

stream), Franklin county 22 

Sourdabscook stream, North Branch of, 

Penobscot county 57 

South East pond, Cumberland county . . 20 



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South Bog, South Bog stream and Pool, 

Franklin county 29 

South Twin lake, Piscataquis county .... 60 
Southwest Branch Marsh stream, Waldo 

county 70 

Southwest Harbor, protection of deer in.. 103 
Spear stream, Oxford county, and tribu- 
taries 53 

Spectacle pond, Oxford county 45 

Spednic lake, Aroostook and Washington 

counties 71 

Spring brook, or Bond brook, Kennebec 

county, and tributaries 157 

Spring lake, Somerset county 66 

Spring River lake, Hancock county 35 

Squa Pan lake, Aroostook county, inlet of, 17 

Stafford pond, Somerset county 63 

Stanley ponds, Oxford county 45 

Starbird ponds, Somerset county 63 

Stearns pond, Oxford county 44 

Stetson stream, Penobscot county 56 

Stony brook and tributaries, Oxford 

county 34, 48 

Stratton brook and tributaries, Franklin 

county 34 

Sucker brook, Kennebec county 37 

Sullivan, Hancock county, waters in, law 

on black bass in 37 

Sunday pond, Oxford county 52 

Sunday river, and tributaries, Oxford 

county 52 

Surveyed pond, Kennebec county 41 

Swan lake, Waldo county, and tributaries, 70 

Swan pond, York county 74 

Sweet's pond, tributaries to, Franklin 

county 31 

Swift Cambridge river, Oxford county . . 53 
Swift river and tributaries, Oxford and 

Franklin counties 35 

Swift river and tributaries, Oxford and 

Franklin counties, sawdust and other 

mill waste must not be thrown into . . 77 

Swift river pond, Franklin county 30-35 



Tags, resident may purchase to take game 

birds out of state 124 

Tags, transport fish, game and birds with- 
out accompanying same 6-133-134 

Tag, resident must purchase, in order to 

take a moose out of the state 135 

Taxidermist license 146 

Togue, protection of, under general law . . 4-5 

Togue, sale and purchase of prohibited ... 6 

Togue, transportation of 6 

Togue, number of pounds which can be 

taken in 1 day, under general law 8 

Top hook, use of in fishing 10 



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Towns may appoint fish wardens 157 

Transportation of fish, game and birds, un- 
der special tags, without accompanying 

same 6-7-133-134 

Transportation of fish when accompanied 

by owner 6 

Transportation of game and birds when 

accompanied by resident owner 105-123-124 

Transportation of game and birds by non- 
resident 135-136-137 

Transportation, of moose and deer by resi- 
dents 105-133-134-135 

Trapping in "Letter A" and "Leavitt", 
Aroostook county, for bob cat, loup- 

cervier, and Canada lynx 143 

Trappers must visit traps 143 

Trappers' licenses 142 

Traps must be marked 144 

Traps, use of prohibited in taking game 

birds or big game or fish 10-102-128 

Trapping within 10 feet of beaver or musk- 
rat house prohibited 114 

Trawl, use of prohibited 10 

Trawl, contraband when 11 

Tremont, town of, protection of deer in... 103 

Trespass law 110 

Trout, protection of under general law, 
length of same which may be taken un- 
der general law, sale and purchase of 

prohibited . 4-5-6 

Trout, transportation of i 6-7 

Trout, number of pounds which may be 

taken in 1 day under general law 8 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Taylor pond, Androscoggin county, and 

tributary 14-16 

Telos lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Ten Thousand Acre pond, Somerset county, 62 

Three Cornered pond, Lincoln county ... 43 

Three Mile pond, Kennebec county 38 

Thompson pond (Oxford, Cumberland and 

Androscoggin counties) and tributaries, 15, 45 
Thomas pond and tributaries, Cumberland 

county 19 

Thorn brook, and tributaries of, Piscata- 
quis county, sawdust and other mill 

waste must not be thrown into 87 

Thorn brook, Piscataquis county 62 

Tim brook, Franklin county 33 

Tim pond, and tributaries to, Franklin 

county 22, 31 

Titcomb brook, Penobscot county 57 

Tobey stream, Somerset county 65 

Tom pond, (or Thomas pond, or Keoka 

lake) Oxford county 45 

Townsend brook, Androscoggin county.... 15 
Townships No. 7, 10, and 21, Hancock coun- 
ty, waters in, law on black bass in 37 



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Townships in Somerset and Franklin coun- 
ties, certain waters in 66-69 

Tremont, Hancock county, waters in, law 

on black bass in 37 

Tripp pond, Androscoggin county 14-16-17 

Tripp pond 52 

Trafton pond, Oxford county 45 

Trout brook, Penobscot and Piscataquis 

counties 57 

Tunk pond, (Little), Hancock county 36 

Turtle lake, Hancock county, and tributa- 
ries 35 

Tufts pond, Franklin county 22-34 

Twelve Mile stream and tributaries, Ken- 
nebec and Somerset counties 42 

Twin pond, Piscataquis county 61 

Twin lakes (North and South) 60 

Twitchell pond, Oxford county 46, 49 

Two Spec pond, Oxford county 44 



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Unnaturalized foreign-born residents must 

be licensed to hunt, when 13.8 

Unnaturalized foreign-born persons must 
be licensed to buy and sell skins of wild 
animals 146 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Umbagog lake, Oxford county 46-52 

Unity pond, Waldo county, tributaries to, 70 

Unity pond, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 75 

Upper Black pond, Oxford county 52 

Upper Cold Stream Township, Somerset 

county, waters in 69 

Upper Enchanted Township, Somerset 

county, waters in 69 

Upper Dam and Pool, and river at, Oxford 

county 55 

Upper Kezar pond and tributaries, Oxford 

county - 47 

Upper Kezar pond, Oxford county, tributa- 
ries to, sawdust and other mill waste 

must not be thrown into 85 

Upper and Lower Wilson ponds, Piscata- 
quis county, tributaries to 62 

Upper Metallic pond, Oxford county 54 

Upper Range pond, Androscoggin county, 14-16 
Upper Stone lake (or Virginia lake), Ox- 
ford county 44 

Upper Wilson pond, Piscataquis county... 62 



Vultures, protection of 127 



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Valley brook, Franklin county 24 

Vaughan stream, Piscataquis county 61 

Varnum pond and tributary to, Franklin 

county 22, 30 

Vienna, waters in, where sawdust and other 

mill waste is prohibited 75 

Village brook, Oxford county 50 

Virginia lake, (or Upper Stone), Oxford 

county 44 

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Waldo county, protection of deer in 103 

Wardens, appointment and duties of 150 

Wardens must report prosecutions 156 

Warrants, search 152 

Warrants, officers may arrest without, 

when 152 

Washington county white perch law 7 

Waters exempted . ' 97-8 

Weirs, use of prohibited 10 

Wardens, appointment of and duties 150 

Whistler or golden eye, special law on in 

Hancock county 122 

White fish, permits to take in closed waters, 

etc 12-92 

White perch, general law on, length of 

same which may be taken 4-5 

White perch, sale and purchase of prohib- 
ited 6 

White perch, transportation of 6-7 

White perch, taken in inland waters of 
Washington county, may be shipped any- 
where 7 

White perch, number of pounds which may 
be taken by one person in one day, under 

general law 8 

Wild birds, protection of 126 

Wild hares or rabbits, protection of, meth- 
ods of hunting which are prohibited .... 106 
Wolves and bob cats (wild cats), bounty on, 115 

Woodcock, general law on 123 

Woodcock, number which may be killed by 

one person in one day 124 

Woodcock, transportation out of state by 

residents under tags 124 

Woodcock, transportation by non-residents 
under hunting license tags and by resi- 
dents of Maine 124-134-135 

Wood duck, law on 121 

PRIVATE AND SPECIAL FISH LAWS. 

Waldo county fish laws 70 

Walker pond, Oxford county 51 

Wallagrass river, throwing of sawdust in- 
to a portion, prohibited 79 



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Waltham, Hancock county, waters in, law 

on black bass in 37 

Ward's brook and pond, Oxford county.. • 51 

Ware pond, Penobscot county 58 

Wassokeag lake, Penobscot county 58 

Washington county fish laws . . . . 71 

Webb lake, or Webb's pond, or Weld pond, 

Franklin county, and tributaries 21-25 

Webb lake, tributaries of.sawdust and other 

mill waste must not be thrown into... 81 
Webb's river, Franklin county, and tribu- 
taries 25 

Webber pond, Kennebec county 38 

Webster lake, Piscataquis county 60 

Week's pond, Somerset county 63 

Wells pond, Oxford county 52 

West Branch Mattawamkeag stream, and 
tributaries, certain waste must not be 

thrown into , 85 

West pond, York county 73 

West Richardson pond, tributary, Oxford 

county 50 

Whaleback brook, and tributaries, York 

county 74 

Whetstone brook, Franklin county 22 

Whetstone pond, Piscataquis county .... 61 

White brook and tributaries, Cumberland 

county 20 

White's 'pond, Somerset county . 63 

Whitney pond, Oxford county 44, 52 

Willard brook, Oxford county 47 

"Wilson lake, tributary to, Franklin county, 25 
Wilson pond, Kennebec county, and tribu- 
taries .38 

Wilson pond, Piscataquis county 61 

Wilson stream, Piscataquis county 61 

Wilson river, Piscataquis county 61 

Wilson pond (Upper and Lower), Piscata- 
quis county, tributaries to 62 

Winthrop, Kennebec county, tributaries* to 

ponds and lakes in, closed • 38 

Wood pond, (or Big Wood pond, so called), 

Somerset county 

Worthley pond. tributaries to Oxford 

county 

Worthley pond outlet, Oxford county, saw- 
dust and other mill waste must not be 

thrown into 

Wyman pond, Somerset county 



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York county, protection of deer in 104 

York, town of, protection of deer in 104 

York county fish laws 



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